{"id":3658,"date":"2014-12-04T15:18:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T19:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=3658"},"modified":"2014-12-04T15:26:09","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T19:26:09","slug":"purdue-payload-slated-to-fly-on-first-test-flight-of-orion-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/2014\/12\/04\/purdue-payload-slated-to-fly-on-first-test-flight-of-orion-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue Payload Slated to Fly on First Test Flight of Orion Vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2013 Items representing Purdue University\u2019s contributions to flight and space history were to fly onboard this week\u2019s first test of Orion from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station\u2019s Space Launch Complex. Purdue is the alma mater of 23 NASA astronauts.<\/p>\n

The Orion flight test, a two-orbit, four-hour flight that will test many of the systems most critical to safety, was scheduled for Thursday (Dec. 4). Due to weather and other complications, the launch has been tentatively rescheduled for Friday (Dec 5) morning. The test will evaluate launch and high-speed re-entry systems such as avionics, attitude control, parachutes and the heat shield.<\/p>\n

As part of the flight, Purdue University Libraries\u2019 Division of Archives and Special Collections provided a group photograph taken at the university\u2019s 1999 Purdue astronaut reunion. Also included is a photograph of Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan, the first and last men to walk on the moon, raising the American flag acknowledging a cheering crowd at Purdue\u2019s Ross-Ade Stadium in 2007.<\/p>\n

Lastly, two Purdue pennants are on board. These items represent Purdue\u2019s contributions to the U.S. space program \u2013 by not only its astronauts but also by the generations of engineers and scientists who have graduated from Purdue and gone on to work for NASA and in the aerospace industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cPurdue has long had a prominent presence in the U.S. space program, and it\u2019s gratifying that our university is part of this historic occasion,\u201d said Purdue President Mitch Daniels.<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft is built to take humans farther than they\u2019ve ever gone before. Orion will serve as the exploration vehicle that will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during the space travel, and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities.<\/p>\n

In the future, Orion will launch on NASA\u2019s new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System. More powerful than any rocket ever built, SLS will be capable of sending humans to deep space destinations such as an asteroid and eventually Mars. Exploration Mission-1 will be the first mission to integrate Orion and the Space Launch System.<\/p>\n

Contact: Sammie Morris, head of the Archives and Special Collections Division and associate professor, 765 494-2905, morris18@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

PHOTO 1<\/p>\n

This photo of Purdue\u00a0 alumni astronauts Neil A. Armstrong (left) and Gene A. Cernan, will be aboard the Orion space vehicle. The photo is from a 2007 football game in Purdue’s Ross-Ade Stadium. (Purdue University photo)<\/p>\n

A publication-quality photo is available at https:\/\/news.uns.purdue.edu\/images\/2014\/cernan-orion.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n

PHOTO 2<\/p>\n

The Orion test flight will carry this photo of Purdue alumni astronauts into space. The photo was taken during their reunion on Purdue’s campus in 1999. (Purdue University photo)<\/p>\n

A publication-quality photo is available at https:\/\/news.uns.purdue.edu\/images\/2014\/group-orion.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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