Sunday, July 31, 2011

The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (background) and Launch Abort System (foreground) are brought into Lockheed Martin's Reverberant Acoustics Laboratory for testing.
NASA

ORION Update... Last week, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle was placed inside the Reverberant Acoustics Laboratory (RAL) at Lockheed Martin's Waterton Facility near Denver, Colorado. There, Orion will be attached to the Launch Abort System (shown above) and then undergo a series of tests to simulate the noise level the vehicle will encounter during liftoff...which can surpass 160 decibels. The first flight of Orion into space is currently scheduled for 2013. The launch vehicle that it will fly on for the test is undetermined.

The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle is ready to be integrated with the Launch Abort System before undergoing acoustic testing.
NASA
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