News tagged with crew module

Orion Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor Lights Up Sky

(PhysOrg.com) -- It looked like a light show in Elkton, Md., on Tuesday, Dec. 15, as NASA ground tested a full-scale attitude control motor, or ACM. The motor operated with precision as its elaborate eight-valve ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 17, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 1

Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is using powerful computers and software programs to design the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires. But those computers will have their work ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jan 22, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 2