Test campaign for Orion’s propulsion system completed
The two-year test campaign for the propulsion system of the European Service Module ends with a test of the auxiliary engines. The Propulsion Qualification Module…
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First voyage for spaceship Orion
The Orion spaceship took off on board a Super Guppy aircraft from the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, November 24: destination the world’s largest thermal…
Successful hot firing tests for Orion
Airbus Orion-ESM Team achieves important milestones The Orion test engineers from Airbus are more than satisfied. From July to September, several mission-critical engine tests were…
NASA Awards Lockheed Martin Contract For Six Orion Spacecraft
NASA and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) have finalized a contract for the production and operations of six Orion spacecraft missions and the ability to order…
Lockheed Martin and NASA Successfully Demonstrate Orion Launch Abort System in Flight Test
The critical launch abort system for NASA’s Orion spacecraft was put to its hardest test today, and it demonstrated its capability to pull the crew…
Goodbye Europe hello Moon European Module ships soon
The European Service Module that will power and propel the Orion spacecraft on its first mission around the Moon will ship early next week from…
Lockheed Martin Awarded Upgrade Contract for Germany P-3C Orion Aircraft
OWEGO, N.Y., Nov. 1, 2017 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) received a $158.5 million contract for the second phase of the German Navy P-3C Mission System Refresh program. The…
Next Orion Spacecraft Powers-up for First Time
Brain and Heart Brought to Life on NASA’s Deep Space Exploration Ship DENVER, Aug. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Engineers at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and…
Airbus Defence and Space wins 200 million euros contract for second Orion service module
Europe will provide propulsion, life support to astronauts on missions beyond the Moon First crewed mission planned for 2021, beginning a new era of human…
Airbus Defence and Space starts Orion service module assembly
During Exploration Mission-1, Orion will fly more than 64,000 km beyond the Moon Service module provides power and propulsion for Orion and life support systems…
New and Improved Orion Crew Module Arrives at Kennedy Space Center
The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and NASA Orion team has secured the 2,700 lb. Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) Orion crew module into its structural assembly tool,…
Lockheed Martin Moves into Full-Scale Assembly and Test of NASA’s Orion Spacecraft
DENVER, Co., Oct. 26, 2015 – Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and NASA have completed the majority of Orion’s Critical Design Review (CDR) which means the…