The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy is in the final stages of processing for NASA's Orion EFT-1 mission in December. Photo Credit: Matthew Travis / Zero G News
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Delta IV Processing Nearly Complete For Historic EFT-1 Mission

Engineers took another step forward in preparations for the first test flight of NASA’s new Orion spacecraft, in December. The three primary core elements of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket recently were integrated, forming the first stage of the launch vehicle that will send Orion far from Earth to allow NASA […]

The fully-assembled Orion EFT-1 spacecraft is revealed for the first time. Photo Credit: Matthew Travis / Zero-G News
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NASA Rolls Out First Orion Spacecraft For December EFT-1 Test Flight

NASA is making steady progress on its Orion spacecraft, completing several milestones this week at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the capsule’s first trip to space in December. Engineers finished building the Orion crew module, attached it and the already-completed service module to the adapter that will join Orion to its […]

Inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA and Lockheed Martin technicians and engineers monitor the progress as a crane is used to lift the Orion service module from a test stand and move it to the Final Assembly and System Testing, or FAST, cell further down the aisle
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Orion Stacking Operations Begin For December EFT-1 Launch

With just six months until its first trip to space, NASA’s Orion spacecraft continues taking shape at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Engineers began stacking the crew module on top of the completed service module Monday, the first step in moving the three primary Orion elements – crew module, service module and launch […]

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Stephen Hawking – “Why Go To Space?” – NASA 50th Anniversary Lecture

MODERATOR: Good afternoon. Welcome to the  campus of George Washington University in downtown  Washington, D.C., for what promises to be a very remarkable  afternoon. My name is John Logsdon. I am the director of  the Space Policy Institute here at GW’s Elliott School of  International Affairs. We are a very happy co-host, along  with Lockheed […]