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The construction of the first Orion boilerplate, [39] was a basic mockup prototype to test the assembling sequences and launch procedures at NASA's Langley Research Center while Lockheed aerospace engineers assemble the first rocket motors for the spacecraft's escape tower.
Orion (Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or Orion MPCV) is a partially reusable crewed spacecraft used in NASA's Artemis program.The spacecraft consists of a Crew Module (CM) space capsule designed by Lockheed Martin that is paired with a European Service Module (ESM) manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space.
The Orion pad abort test was conducted on May 6, 2010 at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. [4] [5] [6] The Launch Abort System lifted the Orion Boilerplate to a height of approximately 6000 feet above the ground and landed 6,900 feet downrange about 150 seconds later. [7]
Pad Abort 1 (PA-1) was a flight test of the Orion Launch Abort System (LAS). PA-1 was the first test in a sequence of atmospheric flight tests known as Orion Abort Flight Test (AFT). PA-1 tested the basic functionality of the launch abort concept from the pad in its preliminary Orion design configuration.
Pad Abort Test 1 was a mission to investigate the effects on the Apollo spacecraft during an abort from the pad. The launch escape system (LES) had to be able to pull the spacecraft away from an exploding rocket on the launch pad.
Orion CM-001 used on the EFT-1 mission was built by Lockheed Martin. [9] On 22 June 2012, the final welds of the EFT-1 Orion were completed at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. [9] It was then transported to Kennedy Space Center's Operations and Checkout Building, where the remainder of the spacecraft was completed. [10]
Orion USA: Lockheed Martin Astrium: Lunar, Mars: Space Launch System: 4 [note 16] 3.3: 5: 8,900 capsule + 12,300 service module Solar panels Parachute splashdown (two drogues, three pilots and three mains) 2025 (2014) Testing: 0 (2) [note 17] Mengzhou China: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation: LEO, Lunar: Long March 10: 7: 8.8: ...
Orion 2 Astrophysics / Astronomy: 19 December 09:43 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) Plesetsk Site 132 Kosmos 617 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication: In orbit: Successful Kosmos 618 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication: In orbit: Successful Kosmos 619 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication: In orbit: Successful Kosmos 620 (Strela) MO SSSR ...