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Multi-Center NASA Social: Preview Orion’s First Flight Test Launch
For the first time ever, all 10 NASA field centers participated in a multi-center NASA Social event on Dec. 3 and previewed the Dec. 4 first flight of the Orion Spacecraft on Exploration Flight Test-1.
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory & NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Pasadena, Calif.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in partnership with the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center hosted up to 40 social media followers to JPL to learn about the Southern California centers' contributions to Orion and NASA's Journey to Mars.
The program included a behind-the-scenes tour of JPL, with stops at the Mars Yard, where engineering models of our Curiosity rover are tested in a sandy Mars-like environment; and the Spacecraft Assembly Facility, where hardware for upcoming projects is under construction.
Guests interacted with those who design, build, test and operate the robots that precede human explorers, as well as those developing new technology, like the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), a system that will help land humans safely on Mars.
Experts from NASA Armstrong will discussed their role in testing Orion’s Launch Abort System, designed to propel the Crew Module safely from a launch pad or in-flight emergency. An Armstrong pilot gave a briefing on NASA’s Ikhana unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which served as a chase aircraft feeding live video of the Orion capsule as it made its way to splashdown on Dec. 4.
DSC04657
Multi-Center NASA Social: Preview Orion’s First Flight Test Launch
For the first time ever, all 10 NASA field centers participated in a multi-center NASA Social event on Dec. 3 and previewed the Dec. 4 first flight of the Orion Spacecraft on Exploration Flight Test-1.
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory & NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Pasadena, Calif.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in partnership with the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center hosted up to 40 social media followers to JPL to learn about the Southern California centers' contributions to Orion and NASA's Journey to Mars.
The program included a behind-the-scenes tour of JPL, with stops at the Mars Yard, where engineering models of our Curiosity rover are tested in a sandy Mars-like environment; and the Spacecraft Assembly Facility, where hardware for upcoming projects is under construction.
Guests interacted with those who design, build, test and operate the robots that precede human explorers, as well as those developing new technology, like the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), a system that will help land humans safely on Mars.
Experts from NASA Armstrong will discussed their role in testing Orion’s Launch Abort System, designed to propel the Crew Module safely from a launch pad or in-flight emergency. An Armstrong pilot gave a briefing on NASA’s Ikhana unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which served as a chase aircraft feeding live video of the Orion capsule as it made its way to splashdown on Dec. 4.