NASA Tests Orion Spacecraft Mock-up at Kennedy Space Center

A full-scale mockup of NASA's Orion crew module is being tested in the water off the coast of Kennedy Space Center in Florida the week of April 6. The spacecraft mock-up traveled from the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Carderock Division in Bethesda, Md., to Kennedy. The goal of the operation, dubbed the Post-landing Orion Recovery Test, or PORT, is to determine what kind of motion astronauts can expect after landing, as well as outside conditions for recovery teams.

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[daniellesfriend1]

what is the purpose of the balloons? or floatation? just curious. saw those on earlier apollo cm,s and wondered what the purpose was for??

[basvg1]

@daniellesfriend1 When it lands, it usually lands upside down, so these balloons are inflated which cause the capsule to turn round so the top is, well, at the top :)

[kirza94]

@britandproud109 dont stop learning to be one in the last 60 years there's been over 80 new space agency's and in the next 20 years Australia and new Zealand should have a joint space agency. Plus u can learn to be one as NASA isnt just for Americans they can find you and you can change your citizenship to American and become a astronaut for NASA.

[britandproud109]

I so totally am trying my best in maths and science to become an astronaut one day, but I live in New Zealand so it's going to be so hard to be able to. :(

[djsufferthing]

Que the "Will it float?" theme song!

[AblePumper]

Good Video. It's definitely bigger than Apollo and that will enhance crew comfort and living ability. I just wonder if the air bags inside the heat shield wil be used or not.