March 28, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@xxxxxxxx Emily Outen Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757 864-7022 emily.r.sturgill@xxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-067 NASA'S ORION SPACE CAPSULE MOCK-UP HEADS WEST HAMPTON, Va.- NASA released Friday a photograph of the nearly 20,000-pound Orion space capsule mock-up being loaded into a C-17 cargo aircraft on Thursday, March 27, at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. The mock-up was fabricated at Langley. The C-17 will transport the mock-up to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif. In late 2008, the full-size structural model will be propelled off a simulated launch pad at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to test the spacecraft's astronaut escape system, which will ensure a safe, reliable method of escape for astronauts in case of an emergency. To view and download the high resolution picture, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/constellation -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
