With less than a year before its first unmanned launch, the Orion program will undergo further testing and integration of modules in 2014, prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] said. The launch window for Orion’s Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) opens on Sept. 18, 2014. A Delta IV Heavy Lift rocket will propel an uncrewed Orion module 3,600 miles above Earth–providing the proof of concept for the NASA project to take human spaceflight beyond lower earth orbit for the first time. In preparation…
Lockheed Martin Provides Details On Orion Spacecraft Plans For 2014
Defense Daily Staff
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