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After extensive analysis and testing, NASA has identified the technical cause of unexpected char loss across the Artemis I Orion spacecraft’s heat shield.

Posted December 5, 2024

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Christina H. Koch

G. Reid Wiseman

Kennedy Space Center

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Victor J. Glover

Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Undergoes Testing

Teams lifted NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II test flight out of the Final Assembly and System Testing cell and moved it to the altitude chamber to complete further testing on Nov. 6 inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Engineers returned the spacecraft to […]

Posted November 12, 2024

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Artemis II Astronauts Put Orion’s Side Hatch to the Test

Artemis II crew members recently traveled to Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, where they practiced opening and closing an Orion crew module side hatch model to help demonstrate its reliability and durability during their 10-day mission around the Moon.

Posted October 23, 2024

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NASA Johnson Honors Hispanic Heritage: Meet Manuel Retana

Manuel Retana arrived in the U.S. at 15 years old, unable to speak English and with nothing but a dream and $200 in his pocket. Now, he plays a crucial role implementing life support systems on spacecraft that will carry humans to the Moon and, eventually, Mars—paving the way for the next frontier of space […]

Posted September 16, 2024

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Kennedy Space Center

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Gets Lift on Earth

Crane operator Rebekah Tolatovicz, a shift mechanical technician lead for Artic Slope Regional Corporation at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, operates a 30-ton crane to lift the agency’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft out of the recently renovated altitude chamber to the Final Assembly and Systems Testing, or FAST, cell inside NASA Kennedy’s N

Posted July 26, 2024

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Kennedy Space Center

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Orion on the Rise

Technicians lift NASA’s Orion spacecraft out of the Final Assembly and System Testing cell on June 28, 2024.

Posted July 3, 2024

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What is 3D-MAT?

A thermal protection material for the Artemis Generation The 3-Dimensional Multifunctional Ablative Thermal Protection System (3D-MAT) is a thermal protection material developed as a critical component of Orion, NASA’s newest spacecraft built for human deep space missions.

Posted May 23, 2024

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Orion Program

Altitude Chamber Gets Upgrade for Artemis II, Spacecraft Testing Begins

Before the Orion spacecraft is stacked atop NASA’s powerful SLS (Space Launch System) rocket ahead of the Artemis II mission, engineers will put it through a series of rigorous tests to ensure it is ready for lunar flight. In preparation for testing, teams at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida have made significant upgrades […]

Posted April 11, 2024

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Key Test Drive of Orion on NASA’s Artemis II to Aid Future Missions

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.

Posted March 20, 2024

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Exploration Ground Systems

Kennedy Space Center

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Splashdown 101: Joint Team to Recover Crew, Orion After Moon Missions

When Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen return to Earth after a nearly 10-day mission around the Moon, a joint NASA and Department of Defense team led by NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program will be ready to retrieve them from the Orion spacecraft […]

Posted February 28, 2024