Step into my office!⁣ ⁣ #Artemis II NASAAstronauts Victor Glover, Astro_Christina, and Astro_Reid, and CanadianSpaceAgency astronaut AstroJeremy recently traveled to LockheedMartinSpace in Littleton, Colorado, where they practiced opening and closing an Orion crew module side hatch model to help demonstrate its reliability and durability during their 10-day mission around the Moon.⁣ ⁣ The side hatch is normally opened using a manual gearbox system, but in an emergency, the hatch has release mechanisms containing small pyrotechnic (explosive) devices that release the latch pins on the hatch instantaneously, allowing the hatch to open quickly.⁣ ⁣ During normal mission operations, the crew will not operate the hatches. The ground systems team at NASAKennedy Space Center in Florida will assist the crew into Orion at the launch pad, then close the hatch behind them prior to liftoff. After splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, recovery teams will open the side hatch and help the crew to exit.⁣ ⁣ ...