As part of the on going effort within the Constellation Program to finalize the design of the Crew Exploration Vehicle’s (CEV’s) Orion capsule, a CEV Parachute Assembly System (CPAS) review was held over the summer to document changes to the parachute system that will reduce the capsule’s speed during descent and splashdown operations.
Once the troublesome element of the Constellation (now Artemis) Program, three Orion spacecraft are in…
Preparations involving the Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) Orion are enjoying a relatively trouble-free processing flow…
NASA’s Orion spacecraft has passed a critical milestone via the Key Decision Point -C (KDP-C)…
The Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) Orion is now being welded together at the Michoud Assembly…
The historic “first weld” of the Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) Orion is set to take…
The long-awaited debut flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft has been scheduled for a morning launch…
NASA brought out the big guns this week to rally the Orion workforce with an…
Although the space program finds itself lacking long-term direction, managers have marked a major milestone…
As the Constellation Program (CxP) prepares for the test flight of Ares I-X – the…
The Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) is undergoing further reductions in its capability – including the elimination…
Shuttle Discovery has been tasked with a special DTO (Detailed Test Objective) – on behalf…
The requirement to carry out an additional Design Analysis Cycle (DAC) has already delayed Orion’s…
Lockheed Martin’s design efforts on the Orion vehicle are being hindered by Ares I driven…
Two months after Constellation informed the workforce of an internal slip to opening element of…
Constellation manager Jeff Hanley has addressed his workforce with a wide-ranging e-mail that overviewed the…
Orion’s next key milestone, the Preliminary Design Review (PDR), has been delayed to November 21…
Engineers are continuing to work through additional solutions for the overweight Orion, as the vehicle…
As Orion and Ares progress towards PDR (Preliminary Design Review) and the next phase of…
NASA is studying an alternative method of crew abort during the launch phase of Ares…
