NASA’s Orion structural test article (STA), in its “full stack” launch configuration, was lifted into a reverberance acoustic chamber at Lockheed Martin Space in June of this year. The acoustic test simulates the intense noise and vibration Orion will experience at launch aboard NASA’s heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch Systems (SLS). On the first integrated mission of Orion and SLS, Exploration Mission-1, an uncrewed Orion will venture thousands of miles beyond the Moon over the course of about three weeks. The mission will pave the way for flights with astronauts beginning in the early 2020s. Credit: Lockheed Martin #NASA #orion #SLS #grounsystems #EM1 #exploration #engineering #testing #spacecraft #rocket