|
|
Article: Lockheed Martin Readies Historic Operations & Checkout Facility for New Orion Spacecraft Integration Work.
- Article from:
- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- January 26, 2009
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 PR Newswire Association LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- After a two-year, top to bottom renovation, the High Bay Facility of the Operations & Checkout (O&C) Building at NASA'S Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is now ready to begin preparations to build the new Orion crew exploration vehicle -- the flagship of NASA's Constellation Program.
Built in 1964, the O&C facility has a proud history as the final integration and checkout building for U.S. spacecraft used for human spaceflight beginning with the Apollo program. In 2007, after completing support activities for the International Space Station, major upgrades were planned to support future human spaceflight missions. The ...