NASA Orion Spacecraft: Near-Perfect Test Mission After Day-Delay
After a one-day delay due to high ground winds and a technical problem with the Delta IV Heavy launch rocket, NASA had great success on Friday morning with the first test of the Orion Deep-Space Vehicle. The Orion capsule, successor to the Space Shuttle and the first deep-space transport since Project Apollo, is expected to take astronauts back to the Moon, to asteroids, and perhaps eventually to Mars.
More: http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2014/12/nasa-orion-spacecraft-near-perfect-test.html


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| SpaceWatchtower: NASA Orion Spacecraft: Near-Perfect ...NASA's Orion Deep-Space Vehicle floating in the Pacific Ocean shortly after a near-perfect splash-down at 11:29 EST this morning / 16:29 UTC. (Image Source: NASA) ... |
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