Orion

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Contents 1 Space exploration 2 Toponymy 3 Companies 4 Computing 5 Fiction 6 Media 7 Arts 8 Transportation 9 Other 10 See also

Orion most commonly refers to:

• Orion (mythology), a hunter in Greek mythology
• Orion (constellation), a constellation
  • Orion Nebula, a nebula also known as M42
• Orion Arm, the minor spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy where the Earth is located
• Orion of Thebes, a 5th century grammarian

Orion may also refer to:

[edit] Space exploration

• Orion (spacecraft), a U.S. space capsule under development by NASA and Lockheed Martin
• Orion (U.S. rocket), an American sounding rocket
• Orion 1 and Orion 2 Space Observatories, Soviet space observatories onboard space station Salyut 1 (1971) and Soyuz 13 (1973), respectively
• Orion (Argentine rocket), an Argentine sounding rocket
• Project Orion (nuclear propulsion), a proposed nuclear pulse propulsion system for spacecraft
• Orion, the lunar module of the Apollo 16 manned mission to the moon
• Orion-50 and Orion-8: solid rocket motors manufactured by Alliant Techsystems used in application such as the Pegasus rocket

[edit] Toponymy

• Orion, Alberta, Canada
• Orion, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
• Orion, Bataan, the Philippines

In the United States:

• Orion, Illinois
• Orion, Wisconsin
• Orion Township, Fulton County, Illinois
• Orion Township, Michigan
• Orion Township, Minnesota

[edit] Companies

• Orion (company), a supplier of consumer electronics and major appliances from Hungary
• Orion Airways, a former airline based in England
• Orion Breweries, a beer brewery in Japan
• Orion Bus Industries, a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler
• Orion Confectionery, a company in Seoul, Korea
• Orion Corporation, a pharmaceutics company in Espoo, Finland
• Orion Electric, an electronics manufacturer based in Fukui, Japan
• Orion Expedition Cruises, a cruise line based in Australia
• Orion Optics, a telescope manufacturer in the UK
• Orion Pictures, a defunct movie company
• Orion Publishing Group
• Orion Telescopes & Binoculars, an American retailer of telescopes and astronomy equipment
• Orion (TV channel), a Greek television station
• Orion, a Czech chocolate brand of Nestlé

[edit] Computing

• Ferranti Orion, a multiprogramming business computer produced by Ferranti in the UK
• HLH Orion, a minicomputer produced by High Level Hardware in the UK
• ORION (network), the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network in Canada
• Orion Platinum, a music production software
• Orion EDMS, Enterprise Document Management System from MagSoft
• Orion quantum computing system, a hardware accelerator

[edit] Fiction

• Orion (comics), a DC comic book character
• Orion (manga), a manga by Masamune Shirow
• Orion (Star Trek), an extraterrestrial race in the 'Star Trek universe
• The Orion Project, a genetic experiment in the Halo universe
• Orion, a white-and-orange cat in Men in Black
• Orion, a fictional Aurora class battleship in the Stargate universe
• Orion, a fictional Space Shuttle in the novel Shadow Watch
• Orion, a series of fiction books by Ben Bova
• ORION, spacecraft in the 1960s German science fiction TV series Raumpatrouille.
• Orion, a star system in the turn-based strategy game Master of Orion, and its sequels

[edit] Media

• Orion (magazine), a magazine about nature and the environment
• Orion, the student newspaper of California State University, Chico

[edit] Arts

• Orion (singer), stage name of American singer Jimmy Ellis
• Orion, stage name of Tomasz Wróblewski, bassist of the band Behemoth
• "Orion", an instrumental by Metallica from the album, Master of Puppets
• "Orion", a song by Dead Can Dance from the box set Dead Can Dance (1981-1998)
• Krewe of Orion, a Mardi Gras Krewe
• "Orion (producer)" an electronic dance group, produced by Darren Tate and Rob Davis.
• The Orion Experience, a New York City based pop band.

[edit] Transportation

• Lockheed Model 9 Orion aircraft
• P-3 Orion, an anti-submarine warfare and surveillance aircraft produced by Lockheed
• Orion Bus Industries
• Ford Orion, an automobile model of the Ford Motor Company
• German auxiliary cruiser Orion
• HMS Orion, several Royal Navy vessels
• MV Orion, an expedition ship operated by Orion Expedition Cruises
• Orion, a South Devon Railway Comet class steam locomotive

[edit] Other

• Orion F.C., a defunct Scottish football (soccer) club
• Asociación Deportiva Orión a Panamanian football (soccer) club
• Orion (hostel), hostel #7 of Jorhat Engineering College, Assam, India
• Orion Building, a building in Birmingham
• Orion, Finnish Film Archive's movie theater on Eerikinkatu, Helsinki
• Orion, a proposed laser system at AWE, Aldermaston
• Orion (grape), a hybrid grape variety of German origin
• Chris Orion, American radio personality
• Orion Black, the father of Sirius Black in the Harry Potter novels

[edit] See also

• Orion's Belt