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Testing NASA's Next Deep Space Vehicle
07.22.11 - NASA's 22,000-lb mockup of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle begins water landing certification tests.
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Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Test Article Splash Test
07.13.11 - NASA engineers conducted a successful first drop test of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle boilerplate test article on Tuesday, July 12.
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NASA's Orion/MPCV Capsule Departs Dryden for KSC
06.15.11 - The Orion prototype of NASA's Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle used in the pad abort test last year has departed NASA Dryden for the Kennedy Space Center.
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NASA's Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Travels Cross Country
The crew module will make stops in Tucson, Ariz., Austin, Tex. and Tallahassee, Fla. before arriving at Kennedy Space Center.
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Key Decision for Next Deep Space Transportation Mission
Designs originally planned for the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle will be used to develop a new spacecraft, the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle.
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Launch Abort System Hardware Heads Back to Florida
09.24.10 - A full-scale mock-up of the Orion launch abort system is hitting the road on a large flatbed trailer to travel from the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Final Friction Stir Weld Completed on Orion Spacecraft
06.15.10 - The Orion crew exploration vehicle took shape as the two halves of the crew module were fused together at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La.
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Pad Abort 1 Test Successful
05.06.10 - NASA's Pad Abort 1 flight test, a launch of the abort system designed for the Orion crew vehicle, lifted off at 9 a.m. EDT May 6 at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range near Las Cruces, N.M.
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Pad Abort 1’s Mobile Mission Control
05.04.10 - Engineers will monitor and launch the Pad Abort 1 flight test from the mobile operations facility at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), N.M.
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Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
06.08.09 - NASA Dryden is leading the Orion crew module launch abort system flight test effort, including crew module systems integration for the first two flights.
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Orion Attitude Control Motor Test-fired
12.16.09 - On Dec. 15, NASA, Alliant Techsystems and Lockheed Martin celebrated a milestone with a ground test of a full-scale attitude control motor for the Orion crew exploration vehicle’s launch abort system.
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Orion Abort Flight Test Crew Module Departs Dryden For White Sands
08.13.09 - The Orion crew module that will be used for the first launch abort system Pad Abort 1 flight test is scheduled to depart NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center Aug. 19 for the White Sands Missile Range, N.M., where the launch abort flight tests will be performed.
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A 21st Century-Style Return to the Moon
07.22.09 - Forty years after the first moon landing, NASA has turned its attention back to lunar missions, this time planning to stay longer.
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Orion Spacecraft Launches to Space Station on Virtual Mission
06.19.09 - Virtual Missions are a tool to verify NASA has the right processes in place to achieve its reduced flight preparation time.
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PORT - Orion Mock-up and Collaboration Between NASA and Department of Defense
03.31.09 - Orion is making a big splash. A mock-up of the spacecraft that will carry the next generation of astronauts to the moon and beyond is traveling down the East Coast and undergoing tests to help NASA understand its performance in water.
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Constellation University Institutes Project - University of Alabama Huntsville
02.09.09 - An aspiring group of students at UA Huntsville have the childhood dreams of becoming rocket scientists. NASA's Constellation University Institutes Project is giving them the opportunity to make their dreams a reality.
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Operations and Checkout Building High Bay Ready for Orion Processing
02.04.09 - NASA’s Constellation Program took another giant step forward as representatives helped mark the completion of renovations to the historic Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 26.
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First Test of Orion Launch Abort Motor
11.20.08 - NASA and ATK have successfully tested a launch abort motor for the Orion crew exploration vehicle.
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Orion Scale Model Tested in the Water
08.27.08 - Scale models of the Orion crew exploration vehicle recently were tested at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, or NBL, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and at a wave tank at Texas A&M University in College Station.
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NASA Tests Launch Abort Parachute System
08.19.08 - NASA tested the parachutes for the recovery system on its Orion crew exploration vehicle above the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona on July 31.