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NASA studying option to fly Orion EM-1 on commercial rockets

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine talks about the FY 2020 budget proposal for the space agency during a March 11, 2019, speech at Kennedy Space Center. Behind him is the Orion pressure vessel for Exploration Mission-2. Photo Credit: Michael Howard / SpaceFlight Insider

In a hearing on Capitol Hill, the head of NASA told senators that the Space Launch System rocket’s first flight would once again…

Antares not the only thing grounded by recent nor’easter

From left-to-right ESA’s Director General Jan Wörner, NASA’s Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems, Bill Hill, Kennedy Space Center’s Associate Director Kelvin Manning, European Service Module Program Manager, Phillippe Deloo, Orion Program manager, Mark Kirasich, and Sue Motil, Orion European Service Module Integration Manager. Photo Credit: Mike Howard / SpaceFlight Insider

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Orion spacecraft hardware and safety procedures readied for Exploration Mission 1

NASA held an event in front of the U.S.S. John P Murtha showcasing its Orion recovery operations. Photo Credit: Alex Ustick / SpaceFlight Insider

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The European Space Agency (ESA) delivers. At least, that might be what some at NASA are thinking right now. ESA’s contribution to the U.S. space agency’s maiden flight of the combined stack of the Space Launch System and Orionspac…