After 10 years of evolution, the prototypes of NASA’s Orion “glass cockpit” are finally reaching maturity. The cockpit, a first for a NASA spacecraft, will be a critical part of Orion’s maiden manned ...

NASA’s Orion crew vehicle’s smart cockpit will monitor the vehicle's health, use synthetic, enhanced and virtual vision systems, have advanced on-screen symbology and may eventually employ a talking ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) --NASA's Orion spacecraft is set to take its first trip into space this week. Though the craft won't go far -- just up, twice around in low Earth orbit and back -- it's an ...

The pieces are coming together for NASA’s next spaceship Orion as space agency engineers begin working with lead contractor Lockheed Martin to shape the vehicle’s cockpit. “We’re bringing the design ...

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Orion’s December flight test will be uncrewed, but the spacecraft is meant to carry people. Astronaut Lee Morin shows off the cockpit future Orion crews will use in this video. The first test flight ...

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