Fwd: [New post] Orion is Three Milestones Closer to Launch

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From: AmericaSpace <donotreply@wordpress.com>
Date: December 14, 2012 5:06:05 AM GMT-06:00
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Subject: [New post] Orion is Three Milestones Closer to Launch

Amy Teitel posted: "[caption id="attachment_28536" align="aligncenter" width="486"] This animation still shows Orion separating from its rocket during EFT-1, the unmanned mission designed to demonstrate the spacecraft's re-entry systems. Image Credit: NASA[/caption] Things " New post on AmericaSpace Orion is Three Milestones Closer to Launch by Amy Teitel Things are looking good for NASA's Orion spacecraft. The agency announced yesterday the program has passed a number of significant milestones recently. The tools that will mate the pieces of Orion's heat shield, the adapters that will connect the spacecraft to its launch vehicle, as well as the launch and recovery crews based at Kennedy [...] Read more of this post Amy Teitel | December 14, 2012 at 6:05 am | Tags: Dan Dumbacher, Delta IV, EFT-1, Exploration Test Flight 1, Ground Systems Development and Operations, GSDO, Heat Shield, Kennedy Spaceflight Center, Launch, Lockheed Martin, Marshall Spaceflight Center, Milestones, Multipurpose Crew Vehicle, NASA, Orion, Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle, SLS, Space Launch System, Textron Defense Systems, ULA | Categories: Delta IV, Marshall Space Flight Center, MPCV, NASA, Orion, SLS, Space Launch System | URL: http://wp.me/s1YCNG-28533 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.americaspace.org/?p=28533