Tag: Orion
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NASA evaluting modified Shuttle ACES for Asteroid EVA
NASA experts are evaluating the use of a modified version of the famous Space Shuttle launch and entry suit – or Advanced Crew Escape Suit (ACES) – for use not only during launch and re-entry for crews riding in Orion, but also for use on spacewalks (EVAs), such as during the proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM)…
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EFT-1 Orion set for Christmas return to Florida
Following the 20,000+ mph return of the Exploration Flight Test -1 (EFT-1) Orion last week, the spacecraft is enjoying a more leisurely series of transits. After completing the ride back to port in the belly of the USS Anchorage, Orion is taking a cross-country road trip that should result in her returning to the Kennedy Space Center…
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Photos: Orion spaceship unloaded from USS Anchorage
Fresh home from a high-flying test flight Friday that took it 3,600 miles above Earth, NASA’s Orion spacecraft was pulled off a U.S. Navy recovery ship Monday night for initial inspections before a cross-country trip to its home base in Florida. Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily…
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Orion spacecraft back on land
The USS Anchorage arrives at Naval Base San Diego on Monday evening. Credit: NASA A U.S. Navy transport ship carrying NASA’s first space-worthy Orion capsule arrived Monday in San Diego, where ground crews will offload the spacecraft for shipment back to its home port at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Orion capsule could…
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Photos: Orion capsule plucked from the Pacific
A recovery team stationed in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California secured NASA’s Orion spacecraft and winched it into the flooded well deck of a U.S. Navy transport ship Friday after the capsule splashed down into the sea to wrap up a successful four-and-a-half hour test flight. U.S. Navy divers assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal…
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Video: Onboard camera captures Orion capsule return to Earth
A camera mounted aboard the Orion capsule for the EFT-1 test flight records the space capsules plunge toward the Pacific Ocean and its splashdown beneath three parachutes.
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Photos: Orion launches at dawn
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket lifts off with NASA’s Orion spacecraft on its inaugural space flight test at 7:05 a.m. EST Dec. 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Complex 37. Photos by Tim Dodd
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Orion capsule completes epic space journey
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION The Orion spacecraft floats in the Pacific Ocean after splashdown. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Boosted to an altitude of 3,604 miles by a powerful Delta 4 rocket, NASA’s Orion deep space exploration vehicle fell back to Earth Friday in the program’s maiden voyage, slamming into the…
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Video: The launch of Orion
Video as seen live of the Orion spaceship launching atop a powerful Delta 4-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral on Friday, Dec. 5.
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Delta 4-Heavy blasts off with Orion capsule
Photos by Tim Dodd CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA’s inaugural Orion spaceship has set sail on a two-orbit, four-hour shakedown cruise around the Earth, leaving port atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket and its incandescent power at 7:05 a.m. EST today. The 46,000-pound craft rocketed into its preliminary orbit, setting the stage for a…