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The Orion crew module pressure vessel for NASA’s Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) is secured on a test stand just outside the proof pressure cell in the high bay of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Pressure checks of Orion will be performed inside the pressure cell. Technicians with Orion manufacturer Lockheed Martin help to secure Orion to the test stand and remove the crane from the vehicle’s attachment points. The Orion spacecraft will launch atop NASA’s Space Launch System rocket on EM-1, an uncrewed test flight