NASA Ponders Apollo 8-Type Test of Orion Thermal Protection
NASA is considering an unmanned reprise of the 1968 Apollo 8 lunar mission to test thermal protection and other systems on the Orion crew exploration vehicle, using an interim "Ares IV" variant of NASA's planned crew launch vehicle. Scott Horowitz, associate administrator for exploration systems...
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