It's alive! It's alive! Orion throws back its cover | Space picture of the day for April 22, 2025

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April 22, 2025, 5:45 PM

• •NASA's Orion test article was exposed to launch abort-level acoustics prior to testing its forward bay cover's ability to jettison.
• •The test took place at the Space Environments Complex (SEC) at NASA's Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility (previously Plum Brook) in Sandusky, Ohio.
• •The SEC houses the world’s largest and most powerful space environment simulation facilities.

NASA's Orion test article was subjected to launch abort-level acoustics prior to testing its forward bay cover's ability to jettison at the Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. The cover is the last component of the spacecraft that must eject before parachutes deploy to ensure a safe landing.

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