Orion: America's Next Generation Spacecraft (4.7 Mb PDF) - NASA
Orion: America's Next Generation Spacecraft (4.7 Mb PDF) - NASA
Orion: America's Next Generation Spacecraft (4.7 Mb PDF) - NASA
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The first round of testing began in March<br />
2009 and took place in a controlled water<br />
environment. Testing near Kennedy Space<br />
Center in April 2009 was done in the rougher,<br />
uncontrolled waters of the Atlantic Ocean.<br />
Crews spent several days at sea to assess<br />
the vehicle’s performance in open water<br />
landing conditions. The same boats that<br />
have been used to recover the space<br />
shuttle’s solid rocket boosters were used<br />
to tow the capsule for these tests.
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