Dutch designer Ton Noteboom made these
stunning paper models of Orion spaceships, in
several configurations. A treasury in paper for all
Space History fans and
perfect for dioramas or school works.
O designer holandês Ton Noteboom fez todos esses modelos da Orion, em
diversas configurações. Um
verdadeiro tesouro para todos os fãs da história da Conquista do Espaço e também
perfeito para dioramas ou trabalhos escolares.
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| Re-Entry and Post-Land Configuration Models |
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| The Real Thing |
The "Orion" Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is a planned beyond
low-earth orbit manned spacecraft that is being built by
Lockheed Martin for NASA based on designs and tests already completed as part of the
now-cancelled Constellation program, development for which began in
2005 as the
Crew Exploration Vehicle. The
MPCV was announced by
NASA on
24 May 2011. The
MPCV's debut unmanned multi-hour test flight, known as
Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1), is scheduled for a launch aboard a
Delta IV Heavy rocket in
2014. The first manned mission is expected to take place after 2020. Each
Orion spacecraft is projected to
carry a crew of four astronauts. The spacecraft was originally designed to be launched by the
Ares I launch vehicle.[ On
11 October 2010, with the
cancellation of the Constellation Program, the
Ares program ended and development of the original
Orion vehicle was retooled into the
MPCV, planned to be launched on top of an alternative, cheaper[
not verified in body]
Space Launch System. The
Obama Administration's proposed
cancellation of the Constellation program
began in February 2010 and was signed
into law 11 October. The bill is basically a retooling of the
Constellation Program, moving the objective away from a moon base and more towards a
Near-Earth object (NEO) mission and an eventual Mars landing. -
Wikipedia
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| Artistic Interpretation of Orion in Space |
Orion é uma nave espacial a ser desenvolvida pela NASA. Segundo planos anteriores, ela
seria capaz de transportar uma tripulação entre quatro e seis astronautas, e seria lançada pela
foguete espacial Ares I. Tanto a
Orion quanto a
Ares I faziam parte do
Programa Constellation, que planejava
enviar exploradores humanos novamente para a Lua, e posteriormente para
Marte e outros destinos no sistema solar. Em
31 de agosto de 2006 a NASA premiou a Lockheed Martin com o contrato para o projeto,
desenvolvimento e construção da Orion. Contudo, em
1° de fevereiro de 2010, a
administração Obama apresentou a proposta de orçamento para o
ano de 2011, no qual desiste do programa
Constellation.
Cancelando os fundos para este programa e
defendendo a participação da iniciativa privada na criação de naves espaciais para o transporte de astronautas para a órbita terrestre baixa . A
Orion seria lançada do mesmo complexo de lançamento no
Centro Espacial Kennedy que
lança atualmente os ônibus espaciais. A NASA planejava usar a nova cápsula a partir de
2014 ou no início de 2015, muito tempo depois da aposentadoria dos três ônibus espaciais em 2011.
De acordo com os novos planos,
o primeiro voo de teste, chamado de Exploration Flight Test 1, será em 2014. -
Wikipedia
Link: Orion.Command.Service.Modules.Floatation.Test.by.Pe2tr
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