Orion CM

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Orion CM

Part of Orion CEV

Orion Crew Module
Credit: NASA

American manned spacecraft module. Orion re-entry vehicle (crew module). A 25% scale-up of the Apollo capsule of the 1960's.

Status: In development 2016. Payload: 100 kg (220 lb). Gross mass: 9,742 kg (21,477 lb). Height: 3.30 m (10.80 ft). Diameter: 5.03 m (16.50 ft).

Crew Size: 6. Habitable Volume: 10.23 m3. Environmental Control System: 128 kg (282 lb). RCS Coarse No x Thrust: 24 x 445 N. RCS Propellants: 175 kg (385 lb). Spacecraft delta v: 50 m/s (164 ft/sec).

Family: Manned spacecraft module. Country: USA. Spacecraft: Orion. Propellants: Gox/GCH4.

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