Future Orion Capsule Propulsion Embraces Additive Manufacturing

Orion Service Module test firing

Orion Main Engine injector test engine is fired at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico.

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—The European Space Agency (ESA)-provided service modules for NASA’s first six Artemis Moon-mission Orion crew capsules are relying on propulsion from refurbished Orbital Maneuvering Systems (OMS) inherited from the space shuttles. The modules are to provide Orion crews with electrical power...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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