In an unprecedented on-orbit maneuver, Commander Mark Kelly completed the first ever Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV)-like approach to the International Space Station at 3:24 a.m. CDT today as ...

Standing five stories tall fully stacked, the Launch Abort System was mounted atop the Orion MPCV, or Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, last week at the Lockheed Martin’s facilities near Denver. Orion is ...

The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (Orion) will provide NASA with the capability to transport astronauts and cargo beyond low Earth orbit and is essential to achieving the Agency’s goal of expanding ...

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(The Conversation) – A launch window – the period during which a rocket must be launched to reach its destination – opens on August 29 for the first flight to the Moon since 1972 by a spacecraft ...

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