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NASA Progressing Toward First Launch of Orion Spacecraft
12.13.12
 
Rachel Kraft
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov

Kim Henry
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
256-544-0034
kimberly.m.henry@nasa.gov



Image release: H-12-435


Employees at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., unpack four large metal rings that will be used to create adapters for NASA's Orion spacecraft to integrate with the propulsion elements for flight. › Large (3000 x 1996, 300 ppi)
› Medium (516 x 343, 72 ppi)
› Small (100 x 75, 72 ppi)

Employees at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., unpack four large metal rings that will be used to create adapters for NASA's Orion spacecraft to integrate with the propulsion elements for flight. The rings were forged at Major Tool and Machine in Indianapolis, Ind., for NASA's Space Launch System Program, managed at the Marshall Center. (NASA/MSFC)


Michael Hale, a quality assurance inspector with the Space Systems Department at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., takes a closer look at a set of metal rings recently delivered to the Marshall Center. › Large (3000 x 1996, 300 ppi)
› Medium (516 x 343, 72 ppi)
› Small (100 x 75, 72 ppi)

Michael Hale, a quality assurance inspector with the Space Systems Department at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., takes a closer look at a set of metal rings recently delivered to the Marshall Center. Two of the rings will be part of an adapter integrating the Orion spacecraft to a Delta IV rocket for a test flight in 2014, and the other two will be part of a ground test adapter for the Space Launch System. (NASA/MSFC)


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