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…
Testing of the Propulsion Qualification Module (PQM) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft resumed at the White…
Following NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) releasing a report on October 10 of their…
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems continues production of solid rocket booster (SRB) segments for the first…
This year’s decision to increase and extend use of the initial “Block 1” operating configuration…
A traffic jam of NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage hardware that needs to…
As NASA continues to analyze and refine the profile for the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) test…
Prime contractor Boeing recently completed Thermal Protection System (TPS) applications on the liquid oxygen (LOX)…
NASA has started updating plans and schedules for additional SLS Block 1 launches in the…
A recent assessment of the completion date for the first Space Launch System (SLS) Core…
Space Launch System (SLS) managers are now planning for the utilization of two Mobile Launchers…
Top NASA human exploration administrators briefed the Human Exploration Operations (HEO) committee of the NASA…
Engineers at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans are using a pathfinder RS-25…
Preparations involving the Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) Orion are enjoying a relatively trouble-free processing flow…
With the Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) launch date now officially set for the end of…
The huge Mobile Launcher (ML) for the Space Launch System (SLS) is gaining more of…
Following a series of issues over the last year with the Core Stage for the…
NASA is getting ready to apply spray-on foam insulation (SOFI) to the outside of the…
The Orion European Service Module (ESM) Propulsion Qualification Module (PQM) is in the opening phases…