The Orion mission will cost the USA 18 bln.
The program the American space Agency NASA, codenamed Orion will cost the USA 18 bln. The main objective of the project is to deliver people to the surface of the red planet by 2030. For the first time the leadership of NASA allowed reporters to go backstage and see firsthand the progress of preparing the ambitious “mission to Mars”. We offer you to look at some interesting pictures taken by the photographers during this tour.
Before us lab Space Kennedy center, which built the spacecraft Orion. This small capsule will have to deliver him where he has never been that will raise the space research to a new level. The first mission involving the Orion spacecraft is scheduled for 2018.
And this array of solar panels that will generate 11 kilowatts of energy supply on-Board computers of the Orion spacecraft, life support systems, crew and other equipment. The panels are able to fold out and fold like an accordion. Engineers must ensure that the mechanism responsible for these transformations, not jammed in the open space.
One of the five parts of the fuel container, which eventually will develop into a 40-meter design. To bring Orion into orbit will require about 730 000 gallons (2.5 million liters) of fuel which is a mixture of cooled hydrogen with oxygen. Fuel tanks collect at the factory in New Orleans.
A sound check. One-two, one-two! The launch is very loud. Therefore, NASA specialists have to ensure that the sound will not harm the crew members of the ship Orion. Moreover, the enormous volume of the sound must not damage any of the onboard systems. It is therefore necessary to simulate the desired volume in a special laboratory and to check everything thoroughly.
