In a lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, engineers simulated conditions that astronauts in space suits would experience when the Orion spacecraft is vibrating during launch atop the agency's powerful Space Launch ...
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Jan 25, 2017
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ESA and NASA are extending their collaboration in human space exploration following confirmation that Europe will supply a second Service Module to support the first crewed mission of the Orion spacecraft.
Space Exploration
Dec 8, 2016
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NASA on Thursday conducted the second to last splashdown test for its Orion spacecraft as the agency prepares to eventually send humans to Mars.
Space Exploration
Aug 26, 2016
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It took a lot longer than 60 seconds to weld the massive 130-foot rocket fuel tank. This time-lapse video shows the construction and rotation of the liquid hydrogen tank for the core stage of NASA's Space Launch System rocket—the ...
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Aug 18, 2016
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A test version of the European Service Module at NASA's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. ESA's module will power NASA's Orion spacecraft to the Moon and beyond, providing propulsion, electricity, water, oxygen and ...
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Jun 22, 2016
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Around the world in 80 days? When Jules Verne wrote the novel, that seemed an impossible speed, but almost 150 years later, a NASA team has reduced the trip to minutes for data coming from some of today's spacecraft.
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Apr 12, 2016
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NASA has completed a major milestone on its journey to Mars and is ready to begin another phase of work on its spaceport of the future, where the next generation of astronauts will launch to Mars and other deep-space destinations.
Space Exploration
Mar 30, 2016
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NASA has received a record 18,300 resumes from people keen on becoming astronauts, the US space agency said.
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2016
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The Orion crew module pressure vessel for NASA's Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) arrived today at the Shuttle Landing Facility operated by Space Florida at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Arrival of the module marks ...
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Feb 2, 2016
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NASA's Orion spacecraft is another step closer to launching on its first mission to deep space atop the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. On Jan. 13, 2016, technicians at Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans ...
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Jan 28, 2016
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