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NASA's Orion spacecraft successfully passes its static loads tests
Orlando, Usa - First flight scheduled in September 2014
After a month of being poked, prodded and pressurized in ways that mimicked the stresses of spaceflight, the Orion crew module of the American space agency NASA successfully passed its static loads tests. When Orion launches on Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), which is targeted for September 2014, it will travel farther from Earth than any spacecraft built for humans in more than 40 years. The...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1152922
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency