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Crew Impact Attenuation Testing
Crew Impact Attenuation Testing

A successful test of the Orion crew module’s energy absorbing strut concept, was performed June 9, 2009, at the Landing…

The Road to Apollo – Touching Down in the Back River
The Road to Apollo – Touching Down in the Back River

In impact studies conducted in Hampton’s Back River by NASA’s Langley Research Center, astronauts practiced the dangerous maneuver of exiting…

Shooting for the Moon
Shooting for the Moon

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, rolled aboard their Atlas V…

LRO and LCROSS Launch on Lunar Journey
LRO and LCROSS Launch on Lunar Journey

An United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasts off with NASA’s LRO/LRCOSS mission from Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral Air…