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Inverted Rocket Firing Is How You Test Orion’s Launch Abort System
Inverted Rocket Firing Is How You Test Orion’s Launch Abort System

4 Apr 2022, 08:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin announce the completion of testing for the launch abort system that will be fitted on Orion for Artemis II

 
Time-Lapse Video Shows SLS Moon Rocket Starting Its Journey to the Moon
Time-Lapse Video Shows SLS Moon Rocket Starting Its Journey to the Moon

24 Mar 2022, 10:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Video of the Space Launch System rollout at the end of last week shows a journey of several hours compressed in just two minutes

 
Perseverance Took 11 Million Human Names to Mars, NASA Plans to Fly Some Around the Moon
Perseverance Took 11 Million Human Names to Mars, NASA Plans to Fly Some Around the Moon

3 Mar 2022, 09:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA opens registration books for people willing to send their names on a trip around the Moon on Artemis I, boarding passes issued

 
Artemis I Countdown Timer Is Live, Here’s Where to Track Remaining Days
Artemis I Countdown Timer Is Live, Here’s Where to Track Remaining Days

1 Dec 2021, 10:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA allows to public to take part in the Artemis I pre-launch jitters by allowing people access to a countdown timer to the February launch

 
SLS Moon Rocket, Orion Capsule to Move to Launch Pad Soon, NASA To Make a Spectacle
SLS Moon Rocket, Orion Capsule to Move to Launch Pad Soon, NASA To Make a Spectacle

17 Nov 2021, 10:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA says it will roll out the SLS-Orion combo to its launch pad by the end of winter, plans to conduct first tests shortly after

 
Artemis I Moon Mission Explained in a Few Easy Steps and Some Confusing Acronyms
Artemis I Moon Mission Explained in a Few Easy Steps and Some Confusing Acronyms

6 Nov 2021, 10:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Artemis I mission is the dry run to the Moon of the Orion capsule, the one that should open the doors to a new age in space exploration

 
Orion Spaceship Service Module Crosses the Atlantic to Its Last Earthbound Stop
Orion Spaceship Service Module Crosses the Atlantic to Its Last Earthbound Stop

14 Oct 2021, 07:40 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / An Antonov aircraft is carrying the second European Service Module across the Atlantic to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

 
Orion Spaceship Service Module Gears Up for Its Trans-Atlantic Journey
Orion Spaceship Service Module Gears Up for Its Trans-Atlantic Journey

7 Oct 2021, 00:04 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA’s next-generation Orion space capsule is one step closer to its first journey around the Moon as one of its key components is heading its way

 
A Wheel That Keeps on Rolling. Orion Electric Unicycle Promises 186 Miles per Charge
A Wheel That Keeps on Rolling. Orion Electric Unicycle Promises 186 Miles per Charge

25 Sep 2021, 22:11 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / The Orion electric unicycle promises to be a beast that can cover more distance than an electric bike or scooter, boasting a range of 186 miles on a charge.

 
Aerojet Rocketdyne to Make Main Engine for Orion Capsule Until 2032
Aerojet Rocketdyne to Make Main Engine for Orion Capsule Until 2032

22 Sep 2021, 11:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After it's done with the Orbital Maneuvering System on the Orion European Service module, NASA will shift to an Aerojet-made Orion Main Engine

 
Orion Spaceship Adapter Looks Like a Giant Bowl of Soup, Has CubeSats Inside
Orion Spaceship Adapter Looks Like a Giant Bowl of Soup, Has CubeSats Inside

16 Aug 2021, 12:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA shares an image of the Orion stage adapter that will carry inside it a number of CubeSats that will be deployed during the Artemis I mission later in 2021

 
These Are the Numbers Behind the Insanely Powerful SLS Moon Rocket
These Are the Numbers Behind the Insanely Powerful SLS Moon Rocket

10 Aug 2021, 15:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / America spent ten years and $18.6 billion on getting the Space Launch System rocket ready to power the Artemis Moon exploration program

 
Here Hides the Orion Spaceship, Ready to Receive the Launch Abort System
Here Hides the Orion Spaceship, Ready to Receive the Launch Abort System

27 Jul 2021, 09:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Orion spaceship was moved this month into a new facility where it will get the launch abort system for the first Artemis mission later this year

 
Combined Convective and Radiant Heat Are No Match for Orion Heat Shield
Combined Convective and Radiant Heat Are No Match for Orion Heat Shield

29 Jun 2021, 09:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA says the materials that make up the heat shield of the Orion space capsule survived tests that involved both convective and radiant heat

 
Orion Spacecraft to Be Equipped With Mars Rover-Derived Laser for Air Monitoring
Orion Spacecraft to Be Equipped With Mars Rover-Derived Laser for Air Monitoring

3 Jun 2021, 08:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA to use a derivative of a laser air monitoring technology deployed on the Curiosity rover to keep tabs on air quality inside the Orion spacecraft

 
The Orion Spacecraft Is Making a Splash on Tuesday, April 6
The Orion Spacecraft Is Making a Splash on Tuesday, April 6

5 Apr 2021, 12:34 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA announces water drop test to be live-streamed on April 6.The data will help engineers better understand what Orion and its crew may experience when landing

 
NASA Drops the Orion Capsule Into the Water, Watches It Go
NASA Drops the Orion Capsule Into the Water, Watches It Go

29 Mar 2021, 15:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA kicks off a series of four water impact drop tests of the Orion at the Landing and Impact Research Facility Hydro Impact Basin

 
Artificial Intelligence Is Guiding Human Return to the Moon
Artificial Intelligence Is Guiding Human Return to the Moon

7 Mar 2021, 10:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NEC's System Invariant Analysis Technology helped Lockheed Martin develop the Orion capsule by providing huge analysis power

 
Lockheed Martin Readies Orion Capsule for Moon Mission Later in 2021
Lockheed Martin Readies Orion Capsule for Moon Mission Later in 2021

19 Jan 2021, 12:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Lockheed Martin handed over the Orion capsule for the Artemis I mission to a NASA team, departure to come by the end of the year

 
NASA Ready for Full Blown SLS Hot Fire Test, Could Take Place as Soon as January
NASA Ready for Full Blown SLS Hot Fire Test, Could Take Place as Soon as January

6 Jan 2021, 16:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A hot fire exercise that will see all four of the SLS core stage’s RS-25 engines being fired up and burned for up to eight minutes takes place later this month