The Orion heat shield from Exploration Flight Test-1 has arrived in High Bay 2 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The heat shield is being transferred from the Orion Program to the Ground Systems Development and Operations Program, Landing and Recovery Operations. In the VAB, the heat shield will be integrated with the Orion ground test article and used for future underway recovery testing.
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April 27, 2017
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