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1. NASA ADMINISTRATOR TO VISIT ORION MOCKUP IN HOUSTON
2. NASA COMPLETES ORION SPACECRAFT PARACHUTE TESTING IN ARIZONA

Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:35:44 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA ADMINISTRATOR TO VISIT ORION MOCKUP IN HOUSTON

Sept 22, 2011

Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979

Report #J11-022

NASA ADMINISTRATOR TO VISIT ORION MOCKUP IN HOUSTON

HOUSTON � NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will be available to media during a visit to the Johnson Space Center on Monday, Sept 26

Media are invited to film as Bolden and Johnson Space Center Director Michael L Coats visit the Orion facilities inside Johnson�s Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at 1 p m A brief media availability will immediately follow in that facility

Media interested in attending should contact the Johnson Space Center newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than 10 a m CDT Monday, Sept 26

The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Module is being developed by NASA as the nation�s deep space exploration spacecraft In conjunction with NASA�s Space Launch System (SLS), Orion will carry astronauts to asteroids, Mars and other destinations in the solar system

To learn more about the development of Orion, visit:

http://www nasa gov/orion

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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:21:00 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA COMPLETES ORION SPACECRAFT PARACHUTE TESTING IN ARIZONA

Sep 22, 2011

Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Michael Braukus/J D Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241

Report #H11-322

NASA COMPLETES ORION SPACECRAFT PARACHUTE TESTING IN ARIZONA

HOUSTON -- NASA this week completed the first in a series of flight-like parachute tests for the agency's Orion spacecraft The drop tests at the U S Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona support the design and development of the Orion parachute assembly

Flying at an altitude of 25,000 feet, a drop-test article that mimicked the Orion parachute compartment was deployed from a C-130 aircraft Once airborne, two drogue chutes were deployed at an altitude of 19,000 feet, followed by three pilot parachutes, which then deployed three main landing parachutes The drop test article speed as it impacted the desert was approximately 25 feet per second

The tests were the closest simulation so far to what the actual Orion parachute landing phase will be during a return from space

Since 2007, the Orion program has tested the spacecraft's parachutes and performed 20 drop tests The program provided the chutes for NASA's pad abort test in 2010 and performed numerous ground-based tests Results from the previous experiences were incorporated into the parachute design used in this test

To learn more about the development of Orion, visit:

http://www nasa gov/orion

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