Orion

Construction Begins on the 1st Space-Bound Orion Crew Module

[/caption] Production of NASA’s first space-bound Orion crew module has at last begun at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in…

13 years ago

ATK and Astrium’s Liberty Launcher Added to NASA’s Commercial Crewed Roster

[/caption]CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – Liberty has wings. That is to say that the launch vehicle proposed by Alliant Techsystems or…

13 years ago

Human Mission to an Asteroid: The Orion MPCV

Back in 2007, when the Constellation program to return to the Moon was still the program of record for NASA,…

13 years ago

Human Mission to an Asteroid: Why Should NASA Go?

Imagine, if you can, the first time human eyes see Earth as a distant, pale blue dot. We’ve dreamed of…

13 years ago

First Orion Assembled at Denver, Another Orion Displayed at Kennedy Space Center

[/caption] Assembly of NASA’s first Orion Crew vehicle that could actually launch to space has been accomplished by prime contractor…

13 years ago

Lockheed Accelerates Orion to Achieve 2013 launch and potential 2016 Manned Lunar Flyby

[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - Despite utilizing just half the work force originally planned and cutting back further on the…

14 years ago

NASAs First Orion Capsule and New Space Operations Center Unveiled

[/caption] The inaugural version of NASA’s new Orion human space exploration capsule was unveiled by Lockheed Martin at the company’s…

14 years ago

NASAs First Orion Capsule Ships for Crucial Deep Space Tests

[/caption]The first Orion spacecraft has just been shipped from NASAs Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orlean’s to a Lockheed Martin…

14 years ago

Hidden Treasure Within the Orion Nebula

[/caption] This dreamy look inside the Orion Nebula is the latest “Hidden Treasure” released by the European South Observatory, part…

14 years ago