• NASA’s Orion, Space Launch System (SLS) and Ground Systems Development & Operations (GSDO) Programs, which together are developing and building the spacecraft, rocket and infrastructure necessary to send humans to deep space destinations, have made important strides so far in 2017. Some major milestones include: Orion – EM-1 Crew Module proof pressure test, Propulsion Qualification Module installed, tank welding complete on Crew Module, parachute drop tests, motor ready for crewed mission, EM-2 barrel machining; SLS – successful booster qualification motor tests, RS-25 engine and engine controller tests, manufacturing complete on the liquid hydrogen tank structural qualification test article, Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage to the Cape; GSDO – last flame trench brick installed at launch complex 39B, Mobile Launcher umbilical installs and testing, final VAB platform installed, Orion and SLS demonstration hardware arriving at KSC as ground processing and test activity accelerates.
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