Zodiacal Exoplanets In Time - Xi. The Orbit And Radiation Environment Of The Young M Dwarf-Hosted Planet K2-25b

M dwarf stars are high-priority targets for searches for Earth-size and potentially Earth-like planets, but their planetary systems may form and evolve in very different circumstellar environments than those of solar-type stars. To explore the evolution of these systems, we obtained transit spectroscopy and photometry of the Neptune-size planet orbiting the approximate to 650-Myr-old Hyades M dwarf K2-25. An analysis of the variation in spectral line shape induced by the Doppler 'shadow' of the planet indicates that the planet's orbit is closely aligned with the stellar equator (lambda = -1.7(-3.7)(+5.8) deg), and that an eccentric orbit found by previous work could arise from perturbations by another planet on a coplanar orbit. We detect no significant variation in the depth of the He I line at 1083 nm during transit. A model of atmospheric escape as an isothermal Parker wind with a solar composition shows that this non-detection is not constraining compared to escape rate predictions of similar to 0.1 M-circle plus Gyr(-1); at such rates, at least several Gyr are required for a Neptune-like planet to evolve into a rocky super-Earth.