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Topic: KSC Visitor Complex: 'NASA Now' exhibit
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-12-2017 12:52 PM
The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's NASA Now exhibit, located inside the IMAX Theater, tells the evolving story of the future of space exploration, immersing guests in the science of current missions to the International Space Station (ISS) and upcoming missions to explore deep space. In 2018, Kennedy Space Center will once again launch astronauts into space. See test versions of the spacecraft created for the Commercial Crew Program and Space Launch System (SLS), the future transportation of NASA's deep space exploration and journey to Mars. Currently on display in NASA Now: - SpaceX Dragon capsule from COTS-2 mission
- Boeing CST-100 Starliner crew capsule pressure vessel
- Scale model of NASA Space Launch System (SLS)
- Scale model of Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser cargo vehicle
- Vector-R rocket from Vector Space Systems
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-13-2017 01:05 PM
collectSPACE Orion EFT-1 flown spacecraft joins display in 'NASA Now' exhibitMore than two years after it splashed down from orbit, NASA's first Orion crew module to fly into space has landed on public display near where it was launched. The uncrewed Orion capsule is now on exhibit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida as the newest addition to NASA Now, a gallery devoted to telling "the evolving story of the future of space exploration." |
Hart Sastrowardoyo Member Posts: 3445 From: Toms River, NJ Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 04-13-2017 06:10 PM
Does the Orion have a full interior, a mockup, or a mixture of both dummy and real components? |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-13-2017 07:18 PM
The EFT-1 Orion did not fly with a cabin outfitted for a crew and there are no means to view inside. To quote the EFT-1 press kit: This first crew module includes electrical power storage and distribution; thermal control; cabin pressure control; command and data handling; communications and tracking; guidance, navigation and control; reaction control system propulsion and flight software and computers. The only crew module systems that will not fly on this vehicle are the environmental control and life support system; and the crew support systems such as displays, seats and crew-operable hatches. | |
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