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america has a new spacecraft its name is

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orion it will take us beyond earth orbit

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for the first time in a generation

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it will be able to travel farther out

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into our solar system than we have ever

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gone before

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allowing humankind to extend its reach

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orion is not a blueprint or an idea

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it is real

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across the united states people are

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building

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testing and getting ready for orion's

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first flight test into space

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creating a spaceship is hard work

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work that satisfies a desire to lead

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a desire to achieve

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and a desire

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no no no no no

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at a factory deep in southern louisiana

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workers are cutting metal welding and

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building the first orion vehicle that

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will fly into space the flight is called

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exploration flight test 1 and it will

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launch an uncrewed orion vehicle into

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earth orbit

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orion has a big job

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its design allows for missions deeper

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into our solar system than we have ever

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gone before

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in nasa's history we've designed

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spacecraft for sometimes very specific

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missions like mercury and gemini with

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orion we designed and developed it from

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the beginning with exploration in mind

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it can go to the moon mars an asteroid

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take our crews and bring them home

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safely so orion will be able to do all

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of those things

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as engineers prepare to test orion in

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space

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other tests also put the vehicle through

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its paces

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on land

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in colorado engineers conduct acoustic

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tests

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blasting orion with a wall of sound that

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simulates the extreme noise and

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vibration experienced during a launch

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more than 600 instruments test the

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durability of orion's avionics

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orion will land in the ocean and at the

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langley research center in virginia a 22

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000 pound orion test article undergoes a

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series of drop tests to certify the

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the drop velocities differ from test to

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test representing different landing

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positions and conditions orion might

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face in the pacific ocean

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some tests even turn the vehicle upside

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down deliberately it's all a part of the

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flying at 25 000 feet a drop test

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article that mimics the orion parachute

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compartment is released from a c-130

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aircraft

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one of many tests for the orion

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parachute system the parachutes slow the

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speed of the drop test article to

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roughly 25 feet per second as it comes

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to a stop on the sands of the arizona

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desert

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the lessons learned during orion's

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parachute development are also being

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applied by nasa's commercial partners as

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for safety orion has its own launch

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abort system a 35-foot tower which can

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pull the spacecraft away from danger if

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there are problems with the rocket it

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sits upon before or during the climb to

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this test of the launch abort system

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called pad abort 1

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simulates an escape while still sitting

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too fast for normal cameras to observe

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the test is really only visible in slow

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abort motors fire applying 500 000

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pounds of thrust accelerating from zero

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to 450 miles per hour in the first two

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seconds of flight

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this is the kind of speed needed to

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escape the top of a speeding rocket

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simultaneously another set of motors is

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designed to do the steering keeping the

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vehicle clear of any danger

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and positioning the craft or a

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finally the launch abort system

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jettisons itself

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successfully completing the first flight

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test of this important safety feature

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engineers have gathered data from this

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flight and prepare for ascent abort

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tests

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which will fire the launch abort system

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while on a moving rocket

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a tougher and higher fidelity workout

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for all the important testing that takes

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place on earth the ultimate test for

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orion will be in the unique environment

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of space

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exploration flight test one will put

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critical orion systems to the test in

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the real flight environments

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we'll see if orion's design performs the

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way we expect and by doing that it helps

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us correct any issues we find now which

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will avoid costly changes to the design

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in the future

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so it's a really smart investment to add

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a flight like this early in the

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development process

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exploration flight test 1 will launch an

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uncrewed orion test spacecraft on a

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heavy lift rocket the launch abort

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system will separate from the craft

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then orion will go for two orbits around

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while in space critical systems in the

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vehicle will be put to the test both

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validating and influencing design

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decisions

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the test continues with a high-speed

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re-entry rivaling conditions a

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spacecraft would experience returning

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from the moon

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and giving engineers important data

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about this phase of flight

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finally the spacecraft's parachute

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system will be deployed for a landing in

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the ocean

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where recovery teams will get a chance

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for orion the tests will continue and

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the work is underway

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people across the nation are pouring

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their skills

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knowledge and enthusiasm for exploration

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into the development of america's next

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spacecraft so it's an incredibly

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exciting time to be working on the orion

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project of course we're building the

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spacecraft that's going to take us

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further than we've ever gone

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and the team that's working on it is

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extremely talented and dedicated both

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from nasa and the industry team human

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exploration space is a dream we all

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believe in and we're turning our dreams