Orion and Space Launch System

• Orion Program Update (March): http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/orion_monthly_newsletter_03-2016b.pdf
• Orion Acoustic Testing: Turn up the bass! Orion Service Module to begin acoustic testing at Plum Brook Station
  • Monday will mark the start of a rigorous round of acoustic testing for the Orion capsule’s European Space Agency provided service module at NASA’s Glenn Research Center Plumbrook Station. The service module will provide the crewed Orion spacecraft with power, air, propulsion and cooling. The acoustic testing is expected to take six weeks.
• SLS Program Update (March): http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/sls_highlights_mar_2016_web.pdf
• SLS Welding: Welding Wonder Completes Hardware for First Flight of NASA’s SLS Rocket The first stage of NASA’s Space Launch System hardware for the Exploration Mission-1 flight test planned for late 2018 has completed component welding at the Michoud Assembly Center in New Orleans.

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