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Preliminary Design Review for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Likely To Be Delayed Until 2009

By Keith Cowing
August 30, 2008
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Preliminary Design Review for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Likely To Be Delayed Until 2009
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NASA sources report that the Orion PDR (Preliminary Design Review), which was originally planned for September 2008 and then slipped to November, will be delayed much further – perhaps as far as mid-Summer 2009.

Earlier postings.

Orion PDR Slip, Earlier post

Constellation Update, Earlier post

NASA Internal Memo: Orion DAC2 Architecture Closure Plan Rev E, 2/19/08, Earlier post

Chart from NASA Internal Presentation: CxMPR, Orion Project Office, 2 July 2008

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