Testing of the Propulsion Qualification Module (PQM) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft resumed at the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico in mid-October. The test team at White Sands conducted two hot-fire tests critical to shipping the first European Service Module (ESM) from its Bremen, Germany, production site to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida some time next week.
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Preparations involving the Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) Orion are enjoying a relatively trouble-free processing flow…
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The first Orion spacecraft that will be capable of transporting NASA astronauts into deep space…
The Orion European Service Module (ESM) Propulsion Qualification Module (PQM) is in the opening phases…
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