Tag: Delta 4 Heavy
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Delta 4-Heavy blasts off with Orion capsule
Photos by Tim Dodd CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA’s inaugural Orion spaceship has set sail on a two-orbit, four-hour shakedown cruise around the Earth, leaving port atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket and its incandescent power at 7:05 a.m. EST today. The 46,000-pound craft rocketed into its preliminary orbit, setting the stage for a…
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NASA Administrator speaks about Orion test flight
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks to Spaceflight Now’s Stephen Clark about the upcoming test flight of the Orion space capsule on the EFT-1 mission.
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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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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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Orion’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket moved to launch pad
The Delta IV Heavy rocket is lifted to the vertical position at Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral. Photo: NASA/KSC. The booster rocket that will launch NASA’s next-generation Orion space capsule on a two-orbit, four-hour shakedown cruise in December has been rolled to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral. United Launch Alliance’s triple-body Delta…