Astronauts will test drive NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the first time during the agency’s Artemis II test flight next year. While many of the spacecraft’s maneuvers like big propulsive burns are automated, a key test called the proximity operations demonstration will evaluate the manual handling qualities of Orion. During the approximately 70-minute demonstration set to […]
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Humans in Space, Artemis, Artemis 2, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Orion Program, Space Launch System (SLS)
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March 20, 2024
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