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preparing the orion crew module for its

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first flight test in december actually

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began a few years ago

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the crew module for orion's flight test

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arrived at kennedy space center in

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florida in june 2012 and was transported

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to the neil armstrong operations and

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checkout building high bay for

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manufacturing processing and pre-flight

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testing

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during the next two years orion prime

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contractor lockheed martin and nasa

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engineers and technicians built up the

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crew module from a green shell to a

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fully functional spacecraft

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many tests were performed to prepare

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orion for its flight test

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orion service module arrived at kennedy

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space center and also was transported to

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the operations and checkout building for

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build up and processing

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the module was completed with the

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installation of the fairings that are

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protected in the early stages of launch

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ascent orion's heat shield containing

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more than 200 instrumentation sensors

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when installed

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heat shield will protect orion during

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its re-entry into earth's atmosphere and

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splash down in the pacific ocean

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moving one step closer to the flight

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test the orion crew module was stacked

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atop the service module in june

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tile panels were installed around the

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spacecraft and then both modules were

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put through their final system tests

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on september 11th the orion stack was

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transported from the operations and

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checkout building to the payload

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hazardous servicing facility

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inside this facility the spacecraft was

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fueled with ammonia hydrazine and high

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pressure helium ahead of its december

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flight test

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the four major components for orion's

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launch abort system including the launch

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abort motor and the attitude control

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motor arrived at kennedy last year and

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were transported to the launch abort

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system facility for processing testing

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and integration

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in late september orion was moved from

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the payload hazardous servicing facility

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to the launch abort system facility

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inside the highway the launch abort

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system was lowered and attached to orion

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the system is designed to protect

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astronauts if a problem arises during

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watch by pulling the spacecraft away

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from the falling rocket

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orion waited inside the launch abort

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system facility until the united launch

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alliance delta iv heavy rocket was ready

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for integration with the spacecraft

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earlier this year the delta iv core and

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starboard boosters arrived by barge in

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march and were offloaded and transported

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to the horizontal integration facility

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near space launch complex 37 at cape

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canaveral air force station in florida

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the port booster and second stage

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followed in early may

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the delta iv central core booster was

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mated to the port and starboard boosters

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then the delta iv second stage was made

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to the rocket's central core booster

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the delta iv rocket for orion's flight

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test rolled out of the horizontal

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integration facility on september 30 and

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made the trek to the launch pad

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in the early morning on october 1st the

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nearly 180 foot tall launch vehicle was

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carefully lifted into the vertical

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position and then raised into the mobile

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service tower on the pad

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in early november the orion stack was

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transported to the launch pad and

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integrated to the rocket

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tests were performed to verify readiness

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for launch

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after more than two years of work orion