United States NASA spacecraft in the future will first launch in 2014

According to the Orion spacecraft's Projectmobile dvr Director Lule·Shi Ned (Jules Schneider) as prime contractor for Lockheed Martin Corporation, but many parts manufacturers from across America and delivered to the Kennedy Space Center to be assembled, taken into account when the design of the spacecraft in a modular concept. During the construction of the Orion spacecraft, each of us are very excited and have a lot of work to do, like a marathon, does not happen overnight. As early as July 2, 2012, the Orion spacecraft's unveiling ceremony was held at the Kennedy Space Center, from Lockheed Martin Corporation and United States space Union technicians have achieved major technological breakthroughs in the outfitting of a spacecraft.

Technician was busy avionics equipment, cables, instrumentation and electrical car dvr components installed in the spacecraft, since the end of April to July, Kennedy Space Center's mission is to complete the structure of the passenger compartment components are installed. Meanwhile, the spacecraft service module structure is also to begin the installation, including all internal mechanical components and structures at the external level, there are secondary structural components such as the Stent System. In addition, the engineers also need similar subsystem components mounting brackets and other supporting structures, such as avionics module. After you install these avionics engineers also require a lot of testing instrument for debug, such as accelerometer, thermocouple, or other measuring instruments. Since the equipment in spacecraft flight are needed during normal operation.

Project Director Lule·Shi Ned believed that installing the device process requires a large amount of cable layout, link the different instruments, a lot of wiring ground test equipment you want to connect for debugging purposes, can be installed in place until after the end of the test. We are still in a very early stage of program integration, which involves a very fine work. At present, the Orion spacecraft will be launched in 2017, by United States NASA's latest space launch system (SLS) rocket system into space and orbital test flight of the Moon, and finally returned to Earth. Although the construction of the Orion spacecraft is intense, but in the recent stress tests, technicians found Orion fissure,vehicle dvr fly the stern bulkhead, this is a major problem.

United States NASA and Lockheed Martin engineering team has begun to clean up the crack work and research repair methods, assess whether the problem is a manufacturing problem or a design flaw. Maintenance work will be subject to rigorous testing to confirm that the effect on the spacecraft, and a great deal of work will be carried out in the next few months, which more parachute test will be conducted in February 2013. Outer heat shielding system of the Orion spacecraft are being built in Colorado factories and eventually was shipped to the Kennedy Space Center, in June of 2013 through specialized tools for installation.

Expected in March 2013, the Orion spacecraft crew module is powered on for the first time, and finally Vila PT Qana air base, Florida, in 37th position for launching, Assembly date depending on Delta IV heavy launch vehicle. In the United States after NASA's space shuttle fleet retires, United States the United Launch Alliance Delta IV heavy launch vehicle is the United States the most powerful delivery, now used to launch military satellites at the top secret level. Orion spacecraft, in addition to the construction of a dedicated outside the dome, the rest of the rocket and launch of National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite vehicles are almost identical.

Exploration test-1 test flight of the Orion spacecraft is not manned with an orbital altitude of 3,600 miles, almost 15 times times the orbital altitude of the international space station, the main purpose of the test is to verify that the Orion spacecraft's heat shield system performance during re-entry, this is like the 1970, United States implemented by NASA during the Apollo program, as experienced by the moon when the astronautsmobile dvr returned. Successful complete of the Orion spacecraft programme also depends on the United States Space Agency's precarious budget.