![]() ![]() They were revealed to the media, including this author, in mid-March inside the Horizontal Integration Facility at Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). The main elements of the Orion stack includes the crew module (CM), service module (SM), and the launch abort system (LAS), as well as the Delta IV Heavy Booster.ĭuring a recent visit to KSC and the Cape, this author inspected all the main Orion spacecraft and Delta rocket hardware currently on site for an assessment of the current status and projected launch date.Īs of today, two of the three first stage Delta IV core boosters manufactured by United Launch Alliance (ULA) in Decatur, Ala., have arrived by barge at the Cape. Orion is a state-of-the-art spacecraft and NASA’s next step in manned deep space exploration aimed at sending American astronauts back to the Moon and then beyond on voyages to Asteroids and Mars over the coming decades, if funding continues. Credit: Ken Kremer/ĬAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL - Piece by piece, fabrication of all the major hardware elements for NASA’s inaugural unmanned Orion test flight, dubbed EFT-1, are coming together at Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center. Launch Abort System (LAS) for Orion EFT-1 test flight on view inside the Launch Abort System Facility at KSC.
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