# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C8-NHmQOT4P
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20303942-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-07-03T19:16:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

Spacelike conditions… our favorite. ⁣
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The Orion spacecraft for the #Artemis II mission is undergoing a series of tests to ensure the capsule is ready for the unforgiving space environment. ⁣
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Recently, a 30-ton crane returned Orion into the newly renovated altitude chamber where it underwent electromagnetic testing earlier this year. During testing, engineers subjected the spacecraft to electromagnetic energy using wave guides, amplifiers, and antenna horns. The test helps verify that all of Orion’s electronic systems can work in sync and safeguards against potential malfunctions caused by electromagnetic disturbances in the harsh environment of space.⁣
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The spacecraft is now undergoing a series of vacuum chamber qualification testing. The tests will subject the spacecraft to a near-vacuum environment by removing air, thus creating a space where the pressure is extremely low. This creates an atmosphere similar to the one the spacecraft will experience during Artemis II. ⁣
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Image description: In this image, technicians use a 30-ton crane to lift NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Friday, June 28, 2024, from the Final Assembly and System Testing (FAST) cell to the altitude chamber inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The altitude chamber has silver paneling and is lined with spiral staircases and ladders. The spacecraft is in the center of the chamber and has some padding and wires exposed. ⁣
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Credit: NASA/Radislav Sinyak⁣
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#Spacecraft #Testing #NASA #Space #SpaceEnvironment #STEM #LunarMission #Electromagnetic #VacuumChamber #Crane #Orion #OrionSpacecraft #Astronaut

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electromagnetic, spaceenvironment, nasa, stem, orionspacecraft, space, testing, crane, lunarmission, artemis, spacecraft, astronaut, vacuumchamber, orion

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