NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft, carrying the Orion crew module structural test article, arrived at the Shuttle Landing Facility operated by Space Florida at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The unique aircraft has been opened to reveal the container holding the STA. The test article will be transported to the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay for further testing. The Orion spacecraft will launch atop NASA’s Space Launch System rocket on EM-1, its first deep space mission, in late 2018.
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NASA ID
KSC-20161115-PH_JBS01_0060
Date Created
November 15, 2016
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KSC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Ben Smegelsky
Location
SLF
Orion Crew Module Structural Test Article Unbagging
Nov 15, 2016