NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Nears Completion

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NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Nears Completion, Ready for Fueling

NASA is making steady progress on its Orion spacecraft, completing several milestones this week at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the capsule's first trip to space in December.

Engineers finished building the Orion crew module, attached it and the already-completed service module to the adapter that will join Orion to its rocket and transported the spacecraft to a new facility for fueling.

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NASA's Orion Spacecraft Moves in Preparation for First Flight

NASA, Lockheed Martin and United Launch Alliance managers oversaw the move of the Orion spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center's Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility where Orion will be fueled for its flight test.

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Edited September 12, 2014 by Waspie_Dwarf
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