{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-applauds-launch-of-orion-spacecraft", "Brown Applauds Launch of Orion Spacecraft", "2014-12-05", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "OH", "Sherrod Brown", "B000944", "www.brown.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "More Than 80 Workers from Ohio\u2019s NASA Facilities Helped Pave the Way for Mars Visit with Successful Completion of Mission\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tFriday, December 5, 2014\n            \n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) applauded the launch of NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft from Cape Canaveral in Florida today. More than 80 workers from Ohio\u2019s NASA Glenn Research Center helped build and test the Orion spacecraft. The spaceflight is an important step for future manned spaceflights and a manned mission to Mars.\r\n\u201cWorkers at NASA Glenn Research Center - at Lewis Field and Plum Brook Station - are at the front lines of developing ground-breaking and life-changing technologies,\u201d Brown said. \u201cIt\u2019s remarkable to see that knowledge and know-how translated to such an inspiring mission. Orion\u2019s mission today is an important step toward bringing astronauts into deep space and I look forward to continued progress.\u201d\r\nCleveland\u2019s NASA Glenn Research Center employees worked on structures, mechanisms, and propulsion systems.\u00a0The spacecraft is expected to achieve two full orbits and reach a height of more than 3,600 miles above the Earth \u2013 exposing it to significant cosmic radiation. This altitude will be 15 times higher than the International Space Station. The primary goal of the mission is to test three critical systems: guidance, navigation, and control; the heatshield, and the parachutes.\u00a0 NASA plans to test the next version of the Orion spacecraft at Plum Brook Station, inside the Space Power Facility.\r\nIn May 2011, Brown led the Ohio Congressional delegation in a letter to then-Administrator Charles Bolden, urging NASA to use both Lewis Field and Plum Brook facilities in the design and test of Orion.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tPress Contact\n\t\t\t\t\tMeghan Dubyak/Lauren Kulik\r\n(202) 224-3978", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-applauds-launch-of-orion-spacecraft"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.432756893336773, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}