NASA engineers couple an Orion crew module mock-up with the heat shield from the Orion flight test for water landing tests next year.
Engineers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, coupled a NASA Orion crew module mockup with the heat shield from the spacecraft’s first flight test, Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1). The integrated Orion mockup and EFT-1 heat shield will be tested next year to simulate water landings during actual missions.
Credit: NASA/David C. Bowman
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