Orion

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Contents 1 Places 2 People 3 Aerospace 4 Sea transport 5 Land transport 6 Computing 7 Film and television 8 Publications and publishing 9 Music 10 Cuisine 11 Other uses 12 See also

Orion may refer to:

• Orion (mythology)
• Orion (constellation)

[edit] Places

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

In the United States

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

[edit] People

• Orion (musician) (1945-1988), American rockabilly singer
• Orion (producer) (born 1972)
• Orion of Thebes (died ca. 460), grammarian
• Orion Clemens (1825-1897), Secretary of Nevada Territory and brother of Mark Twain
• Chris Orion (born 1976), American radio personality
• Ezra Orion (born 1934), Israeli artist
• Tomasz Wróblewski (born 1980), Polish musician, stage name Orion

[edit] Aerospace

• Orion (spacecraft), a spacecraft currently in development, designed for human flight
• Orion (U.S. rocket)
• Orion (Argentine rocket)
• Orion 1 and Orion 2 Space Observatories
• Orion Airways
• Lockheed L-9 Orion, a passenger aircraft introduced in 1931
• P-3 Orion, an maritime patrol aircraft introduced in 1962
• Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)
• Project Orion, a project to build a laser broom for the International Space Station
• Orion, the Apollo Lunar Module used in the Apollo 16 mission
• Orion, a series of rocket motors used in the Pegasus rockets

[edit] Sea transport

• Orion Expedition Cruises
• HMS Orion, the name of several Royal Navy vessels
• MV Orion, an expedition cruise vessel
• German auxiliary cruiser Orion

[edit] Land transport

• Orion International, a Canadian bus manufacturer
• Ford Orion, a car
• Orion, a South Devon Railway Comet class steam locomotive
• Orion, a GWR 3300 Class steam locomotive

[edit] Computing

• Orion (system-on-a-chip)
• ORION (Research and Education network)
• Ferranti Orion, a mid-range mainframe computer introduced in 1959
• HLH Orion, a series of minicomputers produced in the 1980s
• Orion Application Server
• Orion Network Licensing Platform
• Orion Platinum, a music production software program
• Orion quantum computing system

[edit] Film and television

• Orion (TV channel)
• Orion (Chuck)
• Orion (Star Trek), an alien species
• Orion Pictures, an American film production company
• Raumpatrouille Orion, a German TV series
• Orion, a starship in Stargate
• Orion, the movie theater of Finland's National Audiovisual Archive

[edit] Publications and publishing

• Orion (comics), a DC Comics character
• Orion (manga), by Masamune Shirow
• Orion (magazine)
• Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion, a manga by Yoshihiro Takahashi
• Orion Publishing Group
• Orion, a novel series by Ben Bova
• The Orion, the student newspaper of California State University, Chico
• ORiON, the journal of the Operations Research Society of South Africa
• Orions, a race in the Starfire game and book series

[edit] Music

• Orion, an album by she
• "Orion," a song by 12012
• "Orion," a song by Dead Can Dance on the box set Dead Can Dance (1981-1998)
• "Orion," a song by Jethro Tull on the album Stormwatch
• "Orion," a song by Metallica on the album Master of Puppets

[edit] Cuisine

• Orion (grape)
• Orion Breweries
• Orion Confectionery

[edit] Other uses

• Orion (hostel)
• Orion Arm, a spiral arm of the Milky Way
• Orion Building, a residential building in England
• Orion Corporation, a Finnish pharmaceutical company
• Orion Electric, a Japanese electronics company
• Orion Electronics, a Hungarian company
• Orion F.C., a Scottish football club
• Orion Energy Systems, Inc., an American power technology company
• Orion Nebula
• Orion New Zealand Limited, a New Zealand electricity distribution company
• Orion Optics, a British telescope manufacturer
• Orion Telescopes & Binoculars, an American company
• Asociación Deportiva Orión, a Panamanian football club

[edit] See also

• Orion's Belt

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