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NASA Evaluating Production Options For Orion Following EM-2

Pat Host

Thursday, November 10th, 2016

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NASA Evaluating Production Options For Orion Following EM-2

Artist's concept of the completed Orion spacecraft. Image: NASA.

NASA is exploring acquisition strategies to support fulfilling Orion space capsule program requirements starting in 2022, according to a request for information (RFI) posted on Federal Business Opportunities (FBO).The RFI formally requests information from industry to assist NASA in the acquisition planning for the production and operations requirements of Orion. Orion is slated to launch on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) in 2018 as part of Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), an uncrewed lunar orbit demonstration and high-energy reentry. Exploration Mission-2 (EM-2),…

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