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NASA astronaut Rex Walheim excited about Orion test flight
NASA astronaut Rex Walheim says the Orion EFT-1 test flight represents the opening of a new era for the space agency.
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Live coverage: Orion lands in Pacific
Live coverage of the countdown and flight of a Delta 4-Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Orion space capsule on its first test flight in Earth orbit. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Video: Orion countdown status briefing
NASA, Lockheed Martin and United Launch Alliance officials hold the L-2 day countdown status briefing following the launch readiness review on Tuesday, Dec. 2.
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Isolated showers, gusty winds expected for Thursday’s Delta 4 launch
Artist’s concept of the Orion spacecraft mounted atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket. Credit: NASA Weather forecasters will watch for isolated rain showers and gusty winds that could delay Thursday’s launch of a Delta 4-Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Orion space capsule on its first flight into orbit. The official outlook released Monday by…
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Previous flights of the Delta 4-Heavy
As a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket prepares to carry NASA’s Orion spaceship on its first orbital flight test, we look back at the seven previous Heavy launches. Delta 310: Delta 4-Heavy demo flight The test launch of Boeing’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket began with a breath-taking blastoff from Cape Canaveral on December 21, 2004,…
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Photos: Delta 4-Heavy ready for Orion flight test
Launch will occur from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 launch pad. Credit: ULA The Orion spacecraft stands 73 feet tall. Credit: ULA Launch is set to occur at 7:05 a.m. EST on Dec. 4. Credit: ULA The first flight test of Orion will be a two-orbit, four-hour shakedown cruise to check critical systems of the…
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Photos: Orion’s rollout to the pad
On Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, NASA’s next-generation Orion crew capsule made a six-hour trek from a processing building to launch pad 37B where the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket awaits liftoff of the test flight Dec. 4 . Photo credit: Walter Scriptunas II
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NASA’s first Orion capsule delivered to launch pad
Orion passes the VAB. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA’s Orion spacecraft took a road trip to the launch pad Tuesday night, arriving at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 where a Delta 4-Heavy rocket awaits flight of the new capsule on Dec. 4. The unmanned Exploration Flight Test No. 1 will send Orion around…
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Weather delays Orion move to pad
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Bad weather has delayed by 24 hours NASA’s next-generation Orion capsule from rolling out to the launch pad for its flight test next month. The move is rescheduled for Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. EST. Orion is headed to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Complex 37B where a United Launch Alliance…
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Video: Orion EFT 1 animation
Mike Sarafin, NASA’s lead Orion flight director, narrates animation depicting the Exploration Flight Test 1 from liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.