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Orion assemblage on track for 2014 Launch
Image caption: Orion EFT-1 crew cabin construction ongoing inside the Structural Assembly Jig at the Operations and Checkout Building (O & C) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). This is the inaugural space-bound Orion vehicle due to blastoff from Florida in September 2014 atop a Delta 4 Heavy rocket. Credit: Ken Kremer
NASA is thrusting forward and making steady progress toward launch of the first space-bound Orion crew capsule. The agency aims for a Florida blastoff of the uncrewed Exploration Flight Test-1 mission (EFT-1) in September 2014 – some 20 months from now – NASA officials told Universe Today.
I recently toured the Orion spacecraft up close during an exclusive follow-up visit to check the work in progress inside the cavernous manufacturing assembly facility in the Operations and Checkout Building (O & C) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Vehicle assemblage is run under the auspices of prime contractor Lockheed Martin Space Systems Corporation.
A lot of hardware built by contractors and subcontractors from all across the U.S. is now being integrated with the EFT-1 crew module (CM), said Jules Schneider, Orion Project manager for Lockheed Martin at KSC, during an interview beside the spacecraft at KSC. (…)
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Post tags: Delta 4 Heavy, NASA, Orion, Orion Capsule, Orion EFT-1
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/98818/orion-assemblage-on-track-for-2014-launch/
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