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Final Orion Reaction Control System Pod Arrives

The last of eight reaction control system pods for NASA’s Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 arrived this week at Kennedy Space Center’s Operations and ...

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Orion Features

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  Built On A Solid Foundation

  Designating Orion as NASA's Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle provides our nation with an affordable solution for multiple mission capability by continuing the the NASA-industry team's technology innovations and spacecraft development.
  
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  Leading Edge Design and Engineering

  Drawing from more than 50 years of spaceflight research and development, the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is designed to meet the evolving needs of our nation's space program for decades to come.
  
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  Explore the Exploration Vehicle

  Explore the Launch Abort System, Crew Module and Service Module of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle.
  
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  A NASA-Industry Team Effort

  The Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) design team has incorporated cutting-edge technology garnered through collaborative efforts with every NASA center and hundreds of industry experts across the country.
  

About Orion

The Orion MPCV (Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle) is based on the Orion design requirements for traveling beyond low Earth orbit (LEO). Orion will serve as the exploration vehicle that will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during the space travel, and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities.

• Spacecraft to serve as the primary crew vehicle for missions beyond LEO
• Capable of conducting regular in-space operations (rendezvous, docking, extravehicular activity) in conjunction with payloads delivered by the Space Launch System (SLS) for missions beyond LEO
• Capability to be a backup system for International Space Station cargo and crew delivery

Media Resources

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  Orion Undergoes Pyro Bolt Test

  Lockheed Martin engineers and technicians recently completed a series of pyrotechnic bolt tests on the Orion ground test vehicle.
  
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  Orion Undergoes Testing

  The Orion crew module is being put through a series of tests that simulate the loads the spacecraft would experience during its mission.
  
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  Final Orion Reaction Control System Pod Arrives

  The last of eight reaction control system pods for NASA’s Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 arrived this week at Kennedy Space Center’s Operations and Checkout Building.
  
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  Exploration Flight Test-1 Fact Sheet

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  Orion Overview Fact Sheet

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  Orion Quick Facts

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  Orion Media B-Roll

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