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February 11, 2014

Orion Stage Adapter Aces Structural Loads Testing
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 11, 2014
A test article of the stage adapter that will connect the Orion spacecraft to a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket for its first mission, Exploration Flight Test-1, aced structural loads testing Jan. 30. Now, the stage adapter that will fly on the Delta IV is officially ready for the journey to its final exam - a flight more than 15 times farther into deep space than the International Space Station. For the structural loads test, the hardware was attached with lines running in different ... read more

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