News tagged with orion crew exploration vehicle

Return to Sender: MISSE-6 Comes Home After More Than a Year in Space

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's been eight years since the first Materials International Space Station Experiment, or MISSE, arrived at the orbiting laboratory. During that time, more than 4,000 materials samples have ...

NASA Successfully Tests Alternate Launch Abort System for Astronaut Escape

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's next generation of spacecraft will have the safest-ever astronaut escape system, a modern-day version of the reliable Apollo system. Like Apollo, the Orion launch abort system will ...

NASA Conducts Full-Scale Test Firing of Orion Jettison Motor

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 21, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA completed a full-scale rocket motor test on Thursday, July 17, to further development of the Orion jettison motor, which will separate the spacecraft's launch abort system from the crew ...

NASA's Orion Spacecraft Passes Significant Design Milestone

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 3

NASA has taken a major step toward building the next crew exploration vehicle by completing the Orion Project's preliminary design review, or PDR. Orion is being designed to carry astronauts to the International ...

GAO finds risks in NASA program

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 03, 2008 | 3.7 / 5 (6) | 3

The U.S. Government Accountability Office says it's found major risks to the successful development of NASA's replacement for the space shuttle.

NASA Glenn to Test Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 19, 2007 | 3.5 / 5 (4) | 0

NASA's Glenn Research Center will conduct integrated environmental testing of the Orion crew exploration vehicle in the Space Power Facility at the center's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio.

NASA Completes Key Review of Orion Spacecraft

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 07, 2007 | 3.7 / 5 (21) | 0

NASA has established a requirements baseline for the Orion crew exploration vehicle, bringing America's next human spacecraft a step closer to construction.

NASA puts new Ares I-X rocket on launch pad for test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 20, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (10) | 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new vehicle is sitting at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares I-X flight test vehicle arrived at the pad ...

NASA selects Ares I upper state contractor

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 29, 2007 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has selected The Boeing Co. to provide design and construction support for the Ares I rocket upper stage.

NASA modifies launch vehicle contract

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 05, 2006 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

NASA is extending a contract with ATK Thiokol of Brigham City, Utah, to continue developing the first stage for the Ares I crew launch vehicle.

NASA, ATK Successfully Test First Orion Launch Abort Motor

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 21, 2008 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Flames shot more than 100 feet high in a successful 5.5-second ground test firing Thursday, Nov. 20, of a launch abort motor for NASA's next generation spacecraft, the Orion crew exploration vehicle. NASA ...

First Rocket Parts Of NASA's New Launch System Arrive In Florida

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 04, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first major flight hardware of the Ares I-X rocket has arrived in Florida to begin preparation for the inaugural test flight of the agency's next-generation launch system. The test flight ...

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