Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), manned spacecraft, NASA, Washington, D.C., USA

https://youtu.be/2g94BKi4X_0

Orion EFT-1 Highlights

Published on Mar 17, 2015

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The Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft made history as it took its first step on a journey to Mars with its successful test flight, Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1). Orion is designed to transport humans to destinations beyond low Earth orbit. During EFT-1, the spacecraft traveled 3,600 miles from Earth, (which is 15 times farther into space than the International Space Station), circled the earth twice in 4.5 hours, and reached temperatures as high as 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

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https://youtu.be/ZNW174YuFyo

Orion ESM - Service module for NASA's spacecraft Orion - Clip 2

Published on Nov 6, 2015

https://youtu.be/QBb1R88UNt8

The most powerful rocket ever built

Published on Mar 24, 2016

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The enormous solid rocket boosters on the Orion launch system generate 3.6 million pounds of thrust! That's the equivalent of 14 jumbo jets operating at maximum power. NASA plans to increase this incredible performance to enable future missions to Mars.

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https://youtu.be/VdW5cL9s720

Orion: designed with humans in mind

Published on Jul 12, 2017

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From launch to landing, Orion will be the safest spaceship in the world, returning humans to deep space and bringing them home safely. We’re pushing the envelope for crew safety – all in the name pioneering something never done before: sending people to Mars.

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https://youtu.be/zrq71ocWMcg

Orion Ascent abort-2 test

Published on Jul 2, 2019

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The Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft was conducted at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, on 2 July 2019, at 11:00 UTC (07:00 EDT). During the test, the Orion’s Launch Abort System (LAS) was launched atop an abort test booster provided by Northrop Grumman to an altitude of about 9,6 km (six miles) traveling at more than 1600km/h (1,000 miles per hour). The abort motor is designed to quickly whisk the crew module away from the booster, and the Attitude Control Motor (ACM) to maneuver the assembly into position to jettison the crew module.

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https://youtu.be/XEhgp2EhPao

Major Props! Orion propulsion test in New Mexico a success

Published on Aug 7, 2019

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On Aug 5, engineers at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility near Las Cruces, New Mexico, tested the Orion spacecraft’s service module with a ground-based firing of its propulsion and pressurization systems.

The 12-minute firing simulated an abort-to-orbit scenario – in which the system would fire long enough to place Orion in a safe, temporary orbit in the event of an issue setting Orion in the precise trajectory required to get to the Moon. That temporary orbit would allow time to evaluate the crew and spacecraft before deciding to either continue with an alternate mission profile, or return to Earth.

A test version of the propulsion system was used to fire Orion’s main engine and all eight of its auxiliary engines simultaneously. Each of the six reaction control thrusters were also periodically fired throughout the test to simulate attitude control and overall propulsion system capacity.

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https://youtu.be/wptqh9XhVIw

How to build the Orion ESM - Design

Jun 3, 2020

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This week, let's take a look #behindthescenes at the Airbus-built Orion European Service Module during the design phase. Close-collaboration with the engineers is required to get all the subsystems working together as one system.

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European Service Module