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A New Spin on the Constellation Program
NASA's Vertical Spin Tunnel puts a scale model of the Orion Crew Vehicle design to the test.
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NASA's Gantry: A Bridge to the Future
NASA's gantry at Langley Research Center in Virginia is a piece of national history.
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World's Largest Vacuum Chamber to Test Orion
Before Orion carries the next generation of explorers into space, it must withstand rigorous tests in the world's largest vacuum chamber.
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Using History to Design the Future
A space artifact from the past may hold an answer for tomorrow.
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Orion Ignites Manager's Dreams
After overseeing orbiters prior to launch, Kelvin Manning is using his expertise to get Kennedy ready for NASA's Orion capsule.
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'Why Explore Space?'
By Administrator GriffinToday, NASA is moving forward with a new focus for the manned space program: to go out beyond Earth orbit for purposes of human exploration and scientific discovery.
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NASA Opens 'Door to Exploration'
After 20 years, the west high-bay door of an historic Kennedy Space Center facility reopens in anticipation of assembly work on the new Orion crew capsule.
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NASA Developing New Heat Shield for Orion
NASA's new spaceship of the future must endure searing temperatures as the spacecraft streaks into the Earth's atmosphere on the way back from the moon.
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NASA Names Orion Contractor
Orion is the central member of a family of spacecraft and shuttle-derived launchers that will go to the moon and Mars.
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New Crew Vehicle Named Orion
Orion is the vehicle NASA’s Constellation Program is developing to carry a new generation of explorers back to the moon and later to Mars.
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Building NASA's New Spacecraft
NASA's ten field centers will each play a vital role in the Constellation Program, developing the spacecraft that will take humans back to the moon.
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Mockup Provides Early Glimpse of New Craft
A full-sized mockup of the Crew Exploration Vehicle's cockpit helps engineers visualize what drawings and diagrams cannot show.
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NASA's New Spaceship
Before the end of the next decade, NASA astronauts will again explore the surface of the moon.
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