World's Largest Vacuum Chamber to Test Orion

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Inside the Space Power Facility at Plum Brook Station. Credit: NASA
Inside the Space Power Facility at Plum Brook Station. Credit: NASA

Before NASA's new spacecraft, Orion, carries the next generation of explorers into space, it first will make a shorter journey to the world's largest vacuum chamber. In this massive, cathedral-like structure, it must endure a variety of rigorous challenges.


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