The 404-day clock to connect, checkout, and test the first integrated Orion spacecraft for its flight to the Moon started in early November with the arrival of the European Service Module (ESM) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. All of the major Orion hardware for Exploration Mission-1 is in the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building at KSC for the first time, where prime contractor Lockheed Martin will finish assembly.
The first integrated Orion and Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle that will launch Exploration Mission-1…
The processing teams within NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program are focusing their plans for…
At a recent media event, NASA’s Orion Program Manager provided a brief update on development…
As NASA continues to analyze and refine the profile for the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) test…
Top NASA human exploration administrators briefed the Human Exploration Operations (HEO) committee of the NASA…
With the Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) launch date now officially set for the end of…
Following a series of issues over the last year with the Core Stage for the…
The RS-25 engine team has conducted the latest engine controller unit (ECU) hot-fire acceptance test…
As US Vice President Mike Pence visited the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), one of the…
As NASA’s Exploration Systems Development (ESD) prepares for the upcoming review of its plans for…
In what is a highly welcomed, if not somewhat surprising decision, NASA has officially announced that…
A top level overview at NASA’s Advisory Council (NAC) has shown most of the Space…
With booster casting operations for SLS’s EM-1 mission well underway at Orbital ATK’s manufacturing facility…
Following the highly successful test firing of the Qualification Motor 2 (QM-2) at their proving…
With work continuing on a lengthy project to convert the Mobile Launcher (ML) for use…
Lockheed Martin has delivered the Orion crew vehicle’s heat shield for the upcoming EM-1 test…
NASA’s aim to provide a ride to numerous secondary payloads on the debut mission for…
NASA managers are closing in on a mission trajectory plan for the new Space Launch…
One of the major milestones for Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) was completed on Monday with…