As 2015 draws to an end, let’s have a look at some of our favorite moments this year for the Orion, Space Launch System (SLS), and Ground Systems programs. Pictured here, NASA astronaut Suni Williams exits a test version of the Orion spacecraft in the agency’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston. The testing is helping NASA identify the best ways to efficiently get astronauts out of the spacecraft after deep space missions.
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