The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission is set up back at home in its final assembly cell at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida following its last major pre-launch development test. The lunar-rated spaceship spent just shy of four months at NASA’s Plum Brook Station facility in Ohio undergoing thermal vacuum and electromagnetic interference testing.
"Orion KSC"
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Riding aboard NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft, the Orion spacecraft that will fly the Artemis 1…
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The 404-day clock to connect, checkout, and test the first integrated Orion spacecraft for its…
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The processing teams within NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program are focusing their plans for…
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The crew compartment for NASA’s first crewed Orion spacecraft is headed to its launch site…
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One of the major milestones for Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) was completed on Monday with…
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The processing flow is heating up for the first Orion set to launch into space,…
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The Exploration Flight Test Orion (EFT-1) is into its first month of outfitting operations, aimed…
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Preparations for Orion’s first journey into space are accelerating, as flight controllers at the Johnson…
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A significant amount of refurbishment work is taking place at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC),…
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NASA Constellation and Lockheed Martin have deleted the airbag landing system from the next Orion…
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Boeing expanding SLS Core Stage production to KSC to build Artemis inventory
by Philip SlossBoeing, the prime contractor for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage, is adding two…
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Work on Orion capsules continue as Artemis I prepares to launch
by Joseph NavinWith the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion currently at Launch Complex-39B and ready for…
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Lockheed Martin powers up Artemis 2 Orion, updates status on other capsules
Lockheed Martin has completed the first-time power-up of the Orion capsule for the Artemis 2…
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The arrival of the second Orion European Service Module (ESM) at the Kennedy Space Center…
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Artemis 1 Orion joins SLS to complete vehicle stack
by Philip SlossThe Orion spacecraft that will fly to the Moon on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission was…
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The Artemis I Orion spacecraft is currently undergoing final checkouts before the critical milestone of…
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EGS, Jacobs completing first round of Artemis 1 pre-launch integrated tests prior to Orion stacking
by Philip SlossNASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program and prime launch support contractor Jacobs are working to…
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Ten month schedule to ready SLS for Artemis 1 launch after Core Stage arrives at KSC
by Philip SlossNASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program is looking at a wide range of forecasts for…
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Once the troublesome element of the Constellation (now Artemis) Program, three Orion spacecraft are in…