Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle on Tour
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During the next week NASA will have the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle on a mini tour during its trek from the Dryden Flight Research Center to Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The tour has three planned stops. The first is the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona (June 15th/16th). The second planned stop is at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, Texas on June 19th/20th and the third stop is from June 24-25 at the Tallahassee Challenger Learning Center in Florida.
From June 29-July 4 the module will be at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex before being moved to Kennedy’s operations and checkout facility for further study. Based on previous work performed for the “Orion” project, the MPCV’s goal is to facilitate deep-space missions and safe returns to Earth via its propulsion, life support, thermal protection and avionics systems.
If you’d like to know the schedules the MPCV during which can be seen, you can visit:
http://www.pimaair.org , http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/the_museum/about.html , or http://www.challengertlh.com/
You can read more about NASA’s MPCV at: http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/mpcv/
NASA's MPCV en route to Kennedy Space Center
Image Credit:NASA
Ray Sanders is a Sci-Fi geek, astronomer and blogger. Currently researching variable stars at Arizona State University, he writes for Universe Today, The Planetary Society blog, and his own blog, Dear Astronomer
2012-12-04 08:06:13
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