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A thread for the processing of EM-3 (Artemis 3) Orion ahead of the 2024 mission.

Orion Forum Section:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=38.0

Orion News Articles:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/orion/

L2 Orion:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=29.0

All three of those links go back 2006, back in the CEV days. Been a long road of this little spacecraft!

Please use the Orion forum section for discussion etc. Let's try and keep this thread just for updates on the construction and processing.

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And the reason for starting this thread: https://twitter.com/nasa_orion/status/1155898852756602880

Work seems to have started on the Artemis 3 Orion Spacecraft.
If any new updates come about, post them here
« Last Edit: 01/06/2020 11:11 pm by zubenelgenubi »
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Re: EM-3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #2 on: 10/08/2019 11:03 am »
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Orion production line is open! These forgings will become the #Artemis III spacecraft, the first @NASA_Orion to carry the first woman & next man on a mission to land on the Moon. Today we awarded the production contract to @LockheedMartin.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-commits-to-long-term-artemis-missions-with-orion-production-contract/
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Re: EM-3/Artemis 3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #4 on: 01/24/2020 07:20 am »
Graphic in video hides the true performance of Saturn V and SLS by saying they both have payloads "greater than 40 tons". For crewed versions, Saturn V had a TLI mass of 46.8 t [1] compared to SLS Block IB with 39.1 t [2].

[1] R. W. Orloff and D. M. Harland, "Apollo: The definitive sourcebook," Springer-Praxix Publishing, Chichester, UK, 2006.

[2] B. Donahue and S. Sigmon, "The Space Launch System capabilities with a new large upper stage," AIAA Space Conf. and Exhib., San Diego, CA, USA, Sep. 2013.
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Re: EM-3/Artemis 3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #5 on: 01/24/2020 07:23 am »
Knowledge about how orbits work? Fail.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: EM-3/Artemis 3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #6 on: 01/24/2020 01:03 pm »
Graphic in video hides the true performance of Saturn V and SLS by saying they both have payloads "greater than 40 tons". For crewed versions, Saturn V had a TLI mass of 46.8 t [1] compared to SLS Block IB with 39.1 t [2].

[1] R. W. Orloff and D. M. Harland, "Apollo: The definitive sourcebook," Springer-Praxix Publishing, Chichester, UK, 2006.

[2] B. Donahue and S. Sigmon, "The Space Launch System capabilities with a new large upper stage," AIAA Space Conf. and Exhib., San Diego, CA, USA, Sep. 2013.
I will say that the SLS Crewed Block 1B estimate as being "more than 40 tons" is a more up-to-date estimate than that 39 ton figure. All the SLS Block 1B payload capacity estimates NASA's released seem to have slightly increased since the EUS redesign.

It definitely is a bit of a sneaky way to disguise that Block 1B will only approach actual Saturn V figures at the end of its evolutionary path (BOLE + RS-25Es + performance optimizations), though.

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Re: EM-3/Artemis 3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #7 on: 01/24/2020 06:45 pm »
Graphic in video hides the true performance of Saturn V and SLS by saying they both have payloads "greater than 40 tons". For crewed versions, Saturn V had a TLI mass of 46.8 t [1] compared to SLS Block IB with 39.1 t [2].

[1] R. W. Orloff and D. M. Harland, "Apollo: The definitive sourcebook," Springer-Praxix Publishing, Chichester, UK, 2006.

[2] B. Donahue and S. Sigmon, "The Space Launch System capabilities with a new large upper stage," AIAA Space Conf. and Exhib., San Diego, CA, USA, Sep. 2013.

number 1: this is just a short explainer video for the general public
number 2: this is an update thread, not a discussion thread
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Re: EM-3/Artemis 3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #8 on: 04/29/2020 07:18 am »
https://twitter.com/bobbybraun/status/1255311499045810178

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The @NASA_Orion space capsule for #Artemis III is already in work. This large aluminum alloy cone panel is one of three segments that make up the upper half of the pressure vessel capsule of the spacecraft. @AMROFAB

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Re: EM-3/Artemis 3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #9 on: 06/04/2020 09:12 pm »
https://twitter.com/NASA_Orion/status/1268634308836761600

Quote from: Orion Spacecraft
Parts of Orion's #Artemis III crew module which will carry the first woman and next man to land on the Moon are taking shape at AMRO Fabricating Corp. in California and Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc. in Illinois.

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Re: EM-3/Artemis 3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #10 on: 06/26/2020 05:36 pm »
ESM-3 structure at the top.
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Re: EM-3/Artemis 3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #11 on: 08/20/2020 03:02 am »
This panel came a long way in a couple months (see up thread)...

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The first element machined for the Artemis III Orion crew module – a cone panel with openings for windows which will provide that spectacular view – was designed by Orion’s lead contractor, Lockheed Martin, and manufactured by AMRO Fabricating Corp., of South El Monte, California. The completed panel is on its way to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans, Louisiana, where engineers will weld it with other panels as part of Orion’s pressure vessel.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/orion-window-panel-complete-for-front-row-view-on-artemis-moon-mission

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Re: EM-3/Artemis 3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #12 on: 08/20/2020 09:25 am »
Orion Window Panel Complete for Front-Row View on Artemis Moon Mission

As NASA's Orion spacecraft approaches the Moon on the Artemis III mission to put the first woman and next man on the lunar surface, the crew will get a glimpse through the spacecraft’s windows.

The first element machined for the Artemis III Orion crew module – a cone panel with openings for windows which will provide that spectacular view – was designed by Orion’s lead contractor, Lockheed Martin, and manufactured by AMRO Fabricating Corp., of South El Monte, California. The completed panel is on its way to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans, Louisiana, where engineers will weld it with other panels as part of Orion’s pressure vessel.

“It’s truly exciting to have the first piece of the Artemis III Orion spacecraft completed at AMRO that will enable American astronauts to build a sustainable presence on the lunar surface,” said Acting Orion Program Manager Howard Hu.

In addition to machining elements for Orion’s crew module, AMRO manufactures the panels for the core stage, launch vehicle stage adapter, and the Orion stage adapter for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will send Orion to the Moon during Artemis missions.

Orion, SLS, and Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) programs are foundational elements of the Artemis program, beginning with Artemis I, the first integrated flight test of Orion and SLS next year. Artemis II will follow with the system’s first crewed mission, taking humans farther into space than ever before.

Human exploration of the Moon under the Artemis program offers a unique opportunity to test, refine, and perfect many of the technologies and complex operations that will be needed to land humans on Mars, perform their work on the surface and safely return them to Earth.

Together, Orion, SLS and EGS are using suppliers in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico – almost half of which are small businesses. These suppliers are creating jobs, reinvigorating manufacturing, and promoting American innovation in our aerospace industrial base and beyond through their work on NASA’s exploration programs.

Image Credit: AMRO Fabricating Corp.
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Re: EM-3/Artemis 3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #13 on: 08/25/2020 09:51 pm »
https://twitter.com/nasa/status/1298373341527580673

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It’s arrived! 🤩

The first piece of @NASA_Orion’s pressure vessel for #Artemis III has arrived to #NASAMichoud, where it will be welded to the underlying structure. We are one step closer to landing the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024:

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First Piece of Artemis III Orion Delivered to NASA

The first piece of the Orion spacecraft’s pressure vessel for Artemis III – the mission that will land the first woman and next man on the Moon in 2024 – has arrived at NASA. The cone panel that will house the windows astronauts will use to view the Moon was designed by Orion’s lead contractor, Lockheed Martin, and manufactured by AMRO Fabricating Corp., of South El Monte, California. It arrived at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Aug. 21. In the coming months, the other six elements of the pressure vessel will arrive at Michoud where they will be welded together to build the underlying structure of Orion. The pressure vessel is Orion’s primary structure that holds the pressurized atmosphere astronauts will breathe and work in while in the vacuum of deep space. Orion, the Space Launch System, and Exploration Ground Systems programs are foundational elements of the Artemis program, beginning with Artemis I, the first integrated flight test of Orion and SLS next year. Artemis II will follow as the first crewed mission, taking humans farther into space than ever before.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2020/08/25/first-piece-of-artemis-iii-orion-delivered-to-nasa/
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Re: EM-3/Artemis 3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #14 on: 08/26/2020 02:12 pm »
Artemis III Orion Cone Panel arrives at MAF

The first piece of the Orion spacecraft’s pressure vessel for Artemis III – the mission that will land the first woman and next man on the Moon in 2024 – has arrived at NASA. The cone panel that will house the windows astronauts will use to view the Moon was designed by Orion’s lead contractor, Lockheed Martin, and manufactured by AMRO Fabricating Corp., of South El Monte, California. It arrived at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Aug. 21. In the coming months, the other six elements of the pressure vessel will arrive at Michoud where they will be welded together to build the underlying structure of Orion. The pressure vessel is Orion’s primary structure that holds the pressurized atmosphere astronauts will breathe and work in while in the vacuum of deep space.
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Re: EM-3/Artemis 3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #15 on: 12/03/2020 08:26 am »
Machining of the tunnel, aft bulkhead, and barrel for the Artemis III pressure vessel at Ingersoll Machine Tool, Inc. in Rockford, Illinois.

Photo: NASA / Radislav Sinyak
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Re: EM-3/Artemis 3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #16 on: 12/03/2020 08:28 am »
Machining of the tunnel, aft bulkhead, and barrel for the Artemis III pressure vessel at Ingersoll Machine Tool, Inc. in Rockford, Illinois.

Photo: NASA / Radislav Sinyak
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Re: EM-3/Artemis 3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #17 on: 12/03/2020 08:29 am »
Machining of the tunnel, aft bulkhead, and barrel for the Artemis III pressure vessel at Ingersoll Machine Tool, Inc. in Rockford, Illinois.

Photo: NASA / Radislav Sinyak
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Re: EM-3/Artemis 3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #18 on: 04/06/2021 09:17 am »
Lockheed Martin technicians at Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana assemble and weld the components of Orion's pressure vessel for Artemis III.
Photo credit: NASA / Michael DeMocker
Taken: January 19, 2021

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasaorion/50997469350/


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Re: EM-3/Artemis 3 Orion Construction and Processing Updates
« Reply #19 on: 08/23/2021 07:55 pm »
https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1429894921352265734

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The composite shell of the heat shield that will be used on the Orion spacecraft flying the Artemis 3 mission, nearing completion at Lockheed Martin.

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