Waspie_Dwarf Posted August 26, 2016 #1 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Orion Heat Shield for Exploration Mission 1 Arrives at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Quote The heat shield that will protect the Orion crew module during re-entry after the spacecraft’s first uncrewed flight atop NASA’s Space Launch System rocket in 2018 arrived at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 25. The heat shield arrived aboard NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft at Kennedy’s Shuttle Landing Facility, and was offloaded and transported to the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building high bay today. Read More: NASA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted August 27, 2016 #2 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Watching one of these launches is officially on my bucket list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 20, 2016 Author #3 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Orion Heat Shield for Next Space Flight Arrives at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Quote The Orion heat shield, which will protect the Orion crew module during re-entry after the spacecraft’s first uncrewed flight test with NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, arrived at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in August. It was transported to the Shuttle Landing Facility, which is managed and operated by Space Florida, aboard NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft. The shipping container with the heat shield inside was offloaded and transported to the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building high bay where technicians uncrated and secured it on a stand to begin the work to prepare it for Orion’s next test flight, known as Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1). Read More: NASA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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