SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — WHAT: Lockheed Martin (LMT)and NASA are building the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Exploration Vehicle, a new spacecraft that will carry humans farther into space than ever before. Continue reading
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NASA, ESA in Orion agreement
Exploded view of NASA’s Orion spacecraft in its launch configuration. From left: spacecraft adapter and launch shrouds, service module, crew module, and launch abort system Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Delivers Orion Spacecraft to NASA Kennedy Space Center
DENVER, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin (LMT) has delivered the first space-bound Orion spacecraft crew module structure to the Operations and Checkout Building on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. The crew module structure recently underwent its final friction stir weld at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La. and was transported to KSC last week to be readied for its Exploration Flight Test (EFT-1) in 2014. Continue reading
NASA Invites Media To Orion Crew Module Arrival At Kennedy
Media representatives are invited to attend an event marking the arrival of NASA’s first space-bound Orion spacecraft at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Continue reading