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Meet Orion, NASA’s New ‘X-Wing Fighter’ Now Finally On Its Way To The Moon
The Orion vehicle actually comes in three parts. Astronauts will remain in the central crew module ... and flew two orbits around Earth. The Exploration Flight Test-1 mission took 4.5 hours ...
NASA Is Being Weirdly Secretive About What’s Wrong With Orion’s Heat Shield
Engineers have identified the issue with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield, but NASA isn’t revealing the details yet.
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Work on Artemis I Orion nears completion, other...Work on Artemis I Orion nears completion, other Orions make progress
All work was carried out by teams from both NASA’s Exploration Ground ... when the Orion is inside the Vehicle Assembly Building and from the Crew Access Arm on Mobile Launcher 1.
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NASA Has Identified the Cause of Orion's Heat Shield Problem—But It's Keeping It Under Wraps
According to Hawkins and Glaze, NASA expects to share more information about Orion's heat shield issue before the end of the ...
For some reason, NASA is treating Orion’s heat shield problems as a secret
For those who follow NASA's human spaceflight program, when the Orion spacecraft's heat shield cracked and chipped away ...
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Humans to Mars: What’s the holdup? — part 1
Other vehicles included the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) and the Lunar Surface ... Astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft will explore the asteroid in the 2020s, returning to Earth with samples.
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NASA Finds Root Cause Of Orion Heat Shield Charring
Among the issues uncovered by the Nov. 16-Dec. 11 Artemis I flight test was unanticipated charring of the Orion capsule’s ...
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NASA Keeping Issue With Moon Rocket a Secret
In late 2022, NASA launched its uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon and back as part of its Artemis I mission, setting ...
It’s increasingly unlikely that humans will fly around the Moon next year
We’ve had reason to doubt the September 2025 launch date for this mission, the first crewed flight into deep space in more than five decades, for awhile now.
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Artemis 2 astronauts train for emergencies with Orion spacecraft ahead of 2025 moon launch (photos)
How do you get ready for a moon mission? The Artemis 2 astronauts practiced a day in space ahead of their historic liftoff in ...
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NASA finds, but does not disclose, root cause of Orion heat shield erosion
NASA has determined why the Orion heat shield lost more material than expected on the Artemis 1 mission but won’t disclose details until after it completes more tests.
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NASA Narrows Down Moon Landing Sites List, Nine Areas Now in the Cards
American space agency NASA announced this week nine locations on the Moon that may become the actual landing site for the ...