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Video of NASA's Orion Crew Module's Majestic Ejection System
We really love the mid-launch ejection system (0-600mph in 3.5 seconds!) in the Orion crew module, and found a full video of how it would, theoretically, work. Check it out to see some pretty, life-saving parachutes. [Technology Review via Dvice]The Max Launch Abort System Launch Makes Me Want to Be an Astronaut Again
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500 days—or thereabouts: That's the amount of time between now and the final flight of the awesome Space Transportation System, better known to you and me as the Space Shuttle. Here's what comes next... More »NASA Testing Next Generation Firefighting Gear for Fires... In Spaaace!
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NASA is now showing Orion—the spacecraft that will take humans to the Moon and Mars—at the National Mall in Washington. It's not the real thing, but it looks great (needs more pretty decals). More »Cool Flash Graphic: Every Craft In NASA's Constellation System, Deconstructed
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It is no secret that NASA is looking to the past to help us go back to the moon and, eventually, to Mars. Today NASA revealed that scientists working on the Orion crew module visited the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum Garber Facility in Suitland, Md. over the summer to unpack Apollo heat shields for the first time in 35 years. More »NASA Tests Orion Parachute (Result: Spectacular Failure)
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Unmanned Japanese Cargo Spacecraft Could Be NASA's Next Space Shuttle
With the dinosaur Space Shuttle set to retire in 2010, and Orion due to be finished (optimistically) by 2015, NASA may purchase the $131 million unmanned HTV cargo vehicle from JAXA, Japan's space agency, to guarantee fresh shipments of space-Doritos flowing up to the brave souls on the International Space Sation. While they had initially planned to fill this gap by relying on commercial space cargo flights by companies like SpaceX, Reuters is reporting that delays in the private-sector space companies have caused NASA to look elsewhere to avoid being crippled by the Shuttle's retirement. UPDATE: NASA issued a statement this afternoon saying the Reuters' report was full of baloney. They're still dedicated to finding commercial haulers—full release below. More »NASA Collecting 8 Gallons of Employees' Urine Daily For Space Toilet Research
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