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The Orion Spacecraft Is Making a Splash on Tuesday, April 6 – autoevolution
On Tuesday, April 6 at 1:45 p.m. EDT, engineers will drop a 14,000-pound test version of the Orion spacecraft into the Hydro Impact Basin at the Langley Research…
The water impact tests of the Orion are part of the formal qualification program to fulfill the structural design and requirement verification before Artemis II, NASA’s first mission with crew aboard Orion. This series of drop tests began March 23 when it was done from the height of 18 inches (46 cm) at the impact basin at NASA Langley. The drop test is essential to ensure the safety of the occupants inside the capsule when it lands on water. The data will help engineers better understand what Orion…
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