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We've still got four good engines on the core stage. next up will be looking for the service module fearing to separate. this is 3 15 by 15 ft fairing panels providing structural support protecting the service module separated about three minutes and 11 seconds into flight in very shortly thereafter will be followed by the launch. abort system separation. just over three minutes into the flight of artemis, one now traveling over 4060 mph 83 miles downrange. we just had confirmation that the service module fearing has separated. and that the launch abort system paras have fired separating those...

Orion (aka Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle) has had a slow, expensive gestation costing several $billion so far, and its first crewed mission won't happen until at least 2021.How long? Its develioment stated the same year as SpaceX's Dragon.http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-puts-orion-spaceshi...