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  2. Orion (space telescope) - Wikipedia

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    The Orion 1 space astrophysical observatory was installed in the orbital station Salyut 1.It was designed by Grigor Gurzadyan of Byurakan Observatory in Armenia, USSR.It was operated in June 1971 by crew member Viktor Patsayev, who thus became the first man to operate a telescope outside the Earth's atmosphere.

  3. Orion (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    The spacecraft employs a Launch Abort System (LAS) along with a "Boost Protective Cover" (made of fiberglass), to protect the Orion CM from aerodynamic and impact stresses during the first 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 minutes of ascent. Orion is designed to be 10 times safer during ascent and reentry than the Space Shuttle. [25] The CM is designed to be ...

  4. Historic moon mission concludes with 'picture perfect ... - AOL

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    The uncrewed spacecraft had a "picture perfect splashdown" Sunday in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego at 12:40 p.m. E.T., according to officials. ... On the 20th day of the Artemis I mission, Orion ...

  5. Exploration Flight Test-1 - Wikipedia

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    Orion CM-001 used on the EFT-1 mission was built by Lockheed Martin. [9] On 22 June 2012, the final welds of the EFT-1 Orion were completed at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. [9] It was then transported to Kennedy Space Center's Operations and Checkout Building, where the remainder of the spacecraft was completed. [10]

  6. Nasa’s Orion capsule set for splashdown on Earth after moon ...

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    Nasa’s Orion spacecraft is making its way back to Earth after a trip around the moon that lasted 25 days. The uncrewed capsule, which is designed to carry astronauts, is set to splash down in ...

  7. European Service Module - Wikipedia

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    The "Orion 606" SM design retained the 5-meter (16 ft) width for the attachments of the Orion SM with the Orion CM, but used a Soyuz-like service module design to allow Lockheed Martin to make the vehicle lighter in weight and permitting the attachment of the decagonal solar panels at the module's midpoints, instead of at the base near the ...

  8. Wide Field Infrared Explorer - Wikipedia

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    The WIRE telescope itself had an entrance aperture of 30 cm (12 in) and a 32 x 32 arcminutes field of view (FoV). It was of a Ritchey–Chrétien telescope design with no moving parts and no reimaging optics. Shortly after launch, while the spacecraft was still tumbling early after orbit insertion, the telescope cover came off prematurely.

  9. XMM-Newton - Wikipedia

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    The Optical Monitor (OM) is a 30 cm (12 in) Ritchey–Chrétien optical/ultraviolet telescope designed to provide simultaneous observations alongside the spacecraft's X-ray instruments. The OM is sensitive between 170 and 650 nanometres in a 17 × 17 arcminute square field of view co-aligned with the centre of the X-ray telescope's field of view.

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