Mini-mag Orion and Other Designs Andrews Space in the early 2000s proposed Mini-mag orion. Mini-Mag Orion uses magnetic fields to compress and ignite small nuclear pellets, offering a more controlled ...

It controls Orion’s attitude, or the direction the spacecraft is pointing. If the crew wants to point Orion’s nose left, the RHC is twisted left – for nose right, they will twist the RHC right.

The Orion spacecraft was designed to help mitigate the effects of cosmic radiation but to find out more, Nasa sent two ...

NASA’s Orion spacecraft made a close approach to the moon Monday, about 81 miles above the surface, as it maneuvered to enter a lunar orbit. The test flight of the Artemis I mission is a key ...