Orion Window Panel Complete for Front-Row View on Artemis Moon M

The first element machined for the Artemis III Orion crew module – a cone panel with openings for windows, designed by Orion’s lead contractor, Lockheed Martin, and manufactured by AMRO Fabricating Corp., of South El Monte, California, is shown here on Aug. 14, 2020. The completed panel is on its way to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans, Louisiana, where engineers will weld it with other panels as part of Orion’s pressure vessel. Image Credit: AMRO Fabricating Corp.

The first element machined for the Artemis III Orion crew module – a cone panel with openings for windows, designed by Orion’s lead contractor, Lockheed Martin, and manufactured by AMRO Fabricating Corp., of South El Monte, California, is shown here on Aug. 14, 2020. The completed panel is on its way to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans, Louisiana, where engineers will weld it with other panels as part of Orion’s pressure vessel.