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We're here bright and early

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this morning to receive the

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adapter rings for the Orion

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spacecraft adapter. The

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adapter rings will be welded

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to barrel panels to form a

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cone and we'll use this cone

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for the structural test article

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and then we're building another

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one for the Orion flight test,

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which is scheduled for 2014.

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The Orion spacecraft adapter is

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the structural interface that

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connects the Orion crew module

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with the Delta IV cryogenic

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second stage for this test flight.

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So, we're really excited about

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this work! We've been working

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over the past several months in

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our planning, we've had some

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pathfinder hardware to get us

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ready for the manufacturing of

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this hardware, and so it is

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with great excitement that we

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receive this hardware today

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and we're looking forward to