OVERVIEW The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle is NASA’s first spacecraft designed for long-duration, human-rated deep-space exploration. Orion is being designed to eventually transport humans beyond low Earth orbit to destinations such as the Moon and Mars and return them safely to Earth. Glenn Research Center (GRC) supported the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle program with vibroacoustic testing of the Orion Service Module European Structural Test Article (E-STA) developed by the European Space Agency. This testing occurred at the Space Power Facility at Plum Brook Station. ATA supported GRC by building vibroacoustic models of E-STA. Prior to the test, these models were used to design the acoustic tests by predicting expected responses. After the test, test-measured responses were c

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