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Space-bound Orion capsule to arrive at KSC

Started by Waspie_Dwarf , Jun 27 2012 01:56 PM

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Posted 27 June 2012 - 01:56 PM

Space-bound Orion capsule to arrive in Florida next week

www.spaceflightnow.com said:

Lockheed Martin Corp. is preparing to ship the pressure shell for the first space-bound Orion capsule from a Louisiana factory to the Kennedy Space Center, where it will be readied for liftoff on an orbital test flight in 2014.

Technicians at Lockheed Martin's Michoud plant in New Orleans completed the final weld on the Orion spacecraft's core structure Thursday. Arrival at the Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for July 2.

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