NASAs New Spacecraft: Orion

The Orion spacecraft will launch aboard the Space Launch System
(SLS). Together they will serve as our nations next generation
exploration vehicles transporting transport humans to asteroids,
the moon, Lagrange points and ultimately to Mars.

Drawing from more than 50 years of

spaceflight research and experience, Orion features
dozens of technology innovations and advancements such as
unique life support, propulsion, thermal protection and avionics systems.
These advanced systems will support long-duration deep space missions, and
bring future crews home safely.
The spacecraft includes a crew module, a service module, a spacecraft connector, and a
launch abort system which ensures the safety of the crew during an emergency on the launch
pad or during ascent. The crew module can support up to four astronauts for short or
long-duration spaceflight missions. The service module is the powerhouse that fuels and
propels the spacecraft. It also stores the life-sustaining air and water that astronauts
need during space travel. Additionally, the service modules structure will provide
areas to mount scientific experiments and cargo.
The Orion and SLS will take astronauts farther into the solar system than
ever before, continuing Americas journey of discovery.

To learn more about human spaceflight at NASA visit:

www.nasa.gov/exploration

Crew Module
Fairing

Crew
Module

Service
Module

Inner Nozzle
(Black on inside)

Crew
Module
Assembly
from Step 1

Umbilical
Fairing

Docking
Collar
Attitude
Control
System (4)

Aft Fairing
with High Gain
Antenna

Service Module Forward Bulkhead

Outer Nozzle
(Black on inside)

Service Module Aft

Bulkhead

Solar Array
(4)

Aft Fairing

Fold each solar panel in half

and tape together. Tape
the 4 solar panels to the
inside of Service Module Aft
Bulkhead before attaching
the Aft Bulkhead to the
Service Module.

Step-by-Step Assembly Diagram

Following these steps, align numbered tabs to
their corresponding locations in consecutive order.

Display
Stand

Carefully
insert Display Stand
into two slits underneath model
Starfield/planets
on inside surface

Twist planets
outward
slightly. Do
not break off!

Service Module
Aft Bulkhead
29

Attitude
Control
System

28

30

36

42
43

Attitude
Control
System

31

2
37

9
47

10

Solar Arrays

38

35

39

Aft Fairing

Crew
Module
Fairing

34

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41

Outer Nozzle

40

Inner Nozzle

42

43

23
44

45

32

33

Solar Arrays

24

49

28

40

45

44

25

34

29

Aft Fairing

32

45

44

26

30

35

13

6
14

31

Service
Module

46

50

23

27

45

44

33

10

Crew
Module

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Docking Collar

Attitude
Control
System

12

11

11
13

14

46

47

48

46

Umbilical
Fairing

38
22

20

27

16

39
15

19

21

18

17

24

26
25

36

37

48

Service Module
Forward Bulkhead

Attitude
Control
System
Display Stand

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50

45

49

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ORION
MULTI-PURPOSE CREW VEHICLE

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Orion

DESK MODEL