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NASA's Orion Program Begins Fairing Testing with Mixed Results

By Marc Boucher
NASA Watch
June 12, 2013
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NASA’s Orion Program First Fairing Separation Test Provides Data To Validate Design, NASA
NASA is carrying out a series of tests to ensure the agency’s Orion spacecraft can successfully jettison its protective fairings, or covers, during its ride to space. During the first of these tests, two of the three fairing panels separated as planned, but a third didn’t.

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One response to “NASA's Orion Program Begins Fairing Testing with Mixed Results”

  1. hikingmike says:
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    Interesting

    “Unlike conventional rocket fairings, Orion’s are designed to support
    half of the weight of the crew module and launch abort system during
    launch and ascent, which will maximize the size and capability of the
    spacecraft that can be delivered to orbit.”