Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

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Orion Spacecraft for Artemis I Mission Completes Major Testing

March 17, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Human spaceflight, NASA, NASA Artemis program, NASA Glenn Research Center, NASA Plum Brook Station, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Space Launch System (SLS), USA

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission has successfully completed several months of simulated space environment system-level testing in

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Northrop Grumman Completes Final Qualification Test for NASA’s Orion Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor

February 26, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Attitude Control Motor (ACM), Human spaceflight, Launch Abort System (LAS), Lockheed Martin, NASA, NASA Artemis program, Northrop Grumman, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, USA

Northrop Grumman, along with NASA and Lockheed Martin, successfully completed its third and final qualification test of the Attitude Control

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Collins Aerospace to Provide Critical Subsystems for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft

January 18, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Collins Aerospace, Human spaceflight, Lockheed Martin, NASA, NASA Artemis program, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, United Technologies Corporation (UTC), USA

Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (UTC), has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin to provide critical

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Honeywell to Provide Critical Components for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft

January 17, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Honeywell, Honeywell Aerospace, Human spaceflight, Lockheed Martin, NASA, NASA Artemis program, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, USA

Honeywell has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin to support the production of NASA’s Orion spacecraft fleet for the

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Artemis I Orion Spacecraft Arrives at NASA’s Plum Brook Station for Testing

December 1, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Human spaceflight, Interplanetary mission, NASA, NASA Artemis program, NASA Plum Brook Station, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, USA

The Artemis I Orion spacecraft arrived at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 26 for in-space

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Boeing Contracted to Build Rocket Stages for NASA’s Artemis Missions

October 17, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Boeing, Human spaceflight, Interplanetary mission, Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, NASA, NASA Artemis program, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Space Launch System (SLS), USA

NASA and Boeing have initiated a contract for the production of 10 Space Launch System (SLS) core stages and up

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NASA Awards Lockheed Martin Contract for Six Orion Spacecraft

September 24, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Lockheed Martin, NASA, NASA Artemis program, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, USA

NASA and Lockheed Martin have finalized a contract for the production and operations of six Orion spacecraft missions and the

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Lockheed Martin Completes NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Capsule for Artemis 1 Mission to the Moon

July 21, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Human spaceflight, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, USA

Lockheed Martin has completed building the crew module capsule for NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to

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U.S. Navy Amphibious Transport Dock USS John P. Murtha Underway for NASA Orion Mission Testing

November 2, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Amphibious transport dock, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, San Antonio class LPD, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS John P. Murtha (LPD-26)

The U.S. Navy’s San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) is underway to conduct Underway Recovery

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NASA Completes Orion Parachute Tests for Manned Missions

September 13, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Human spaceflight, Interplanetary mission, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Space Launch System (SLS), U.S. Army, USA, Yuma Proving Ground (YPG)

NASA has completed the final test to qualify Orion’s parachute system for flights with astronauts, checking off an important milestone

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