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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — In Hangar N at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a heat shield for the Constellation crew exploration vehicle, or CEV, is being prepared for a demonstration. A developmental heat shield for the Orion spacecraft is being tested and evaluated at Kennedy. The shield was designed and assembled by the Boeing Company in Huntington Beach, Calif., for NASA's Constellation Program.
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Credit lineKSC-07pd3481. NASA/KSC, 2007-11-27. Public domain. ID: KSC-07pd3481.
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