Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the protective covering was removed from the Orion crew module structural test article (STA).
Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the protective covering was removed from the Orion crew module structural test article (STA). It remains secured on the bottom of its transport container. The STA arrived aboard NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft at the Shuttle Landing Facility operated by Space Florida. The test article was moved inside the facility’s high bay for further testing. The Orion spacecraft will launch atop NASA’s Space Launch System rocket on its first deep space mission.
Image credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
Nov. 15, 2016