Orion window panel complete for front-row view on Artemis Moon mission: NASA

For astronauts to get a sight of moon when y head re in 2024, US ncy NASA has got hold of a newly completed window panel that will be fixed on  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 California-based AMRO Fabricating Corp.  completed panel is on its way to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans, Louisiana, where engineers will weld it with or panels as part of Orion’s pressure vessel.

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

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

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

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Artemis 3

Artemis 3 is third planned flight of NASA's Orion craft to be launched on Launch System. Scheduled for launch in October 2024, Artemis 3 is planned to be second crewed mission of Artemis program and first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in 1972.

Human exploration of Moon under Artemis program offers a unique opportunity to test, refine, and perfect many of techlogies and complex operations that will be needed to land humans on Mars, perform ir work on surface and safely return m to Earth, ncy has said.

Ahead of human launch, NASA will send a suite of science instruments and techlogy demonstrations to lunar surface through commercial Moon deliveries beginning in 2021.  ncy will fly two missions around Moon to test its deep exploration systems. 

NASA is working toward launching Artemis I, an uncrewed flight to test SLS and Orion craft toger, followed by  Artemis II mission, first SLS and Orion test flight with a crew. NASA will land astronauts on Moon by 2024 on Artemis III mission and about once a year reafter.

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