PISCES Image of the Week: Orion Spacecraft Recovery

PISCES Image of the Week: Orion Spacecraft Recovery

NASA’s Orion spacecraft is shown in the Pacific Ocean Dec. 5, 2014 off the coast of Baja, Mexico after a splashdown that followed a 4.5 hour test-flight roughly 3,600 miles from Earth.  A team consisting of NASA, Navy, and the Orion contractor Lockheed Martin,...
Orion Spacecraft to Undergo First Test Flight

Orion Spacecraft to Undergo First Test Flight

Artist rendering of NASA’s Orion spacecraft reentering Earth’s atmosphere during its first test flight slated for Dec. 4, 2014.  Credit: NASA. This Thursday (Dec. 4, 2014) NASA’s state-of-the-art Orion spacecraft will undergo its first test flight...
‘Travel’ to Outer Space Aboard Orion Spacecraft!

‘Travel’ to Outer Space Aboard Orion Spacecraft!

Images: NASA NASA is offering the public a rare opportunity to ‘travel’ skyward aboard the Orion spacecraft!  Click on the link below to fill out a submission form to have your name carried into outer space during its first test flight slated for December...
NASA Completes First Spacecraft Designed for Deep-Space

NASA Completes First Spacecraft Designed for Deep-Space

Above: The first completed Orion spacecraft mounted atop its service module, pictured at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  Credit: NASA/Rad Sinyak. The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s first spacecraft designed for deep-space missions, and will carry...