Tag: EFT-1
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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.
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Video: Preview of Orion’s recovery
Jeremy Graeber, Orion recovery director, details how the NASA-Navy team will handle the Exploration Flight Test No. 1 after it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean.
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Video: Learn about the Orion flight test launching in December
NASA flight director Mike Sarafin describes the timeline of Orion Exploration Flight Test 1, the crew capsule’s first space mission set for launch Dec. 4 on a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket. The test flight will verify the craft’s heat shield, computers and avionics, and key separation events to be used on piloted missions…
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Delta 4 passes countdown rehearsal before Orion launch
The Delta 4-Heavy rocket set to launch NASA’s Orion spacecraft undergoes a countdown rehearsal at Cape Canaveral on Wednesday. CAPE CANAVERAL — A countdown dress rehearsal and rocket fueling exercise was completed Wednesday at Cape Canaveral for next month’s launch of NASA’s Orion crew module atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy booster. Known as…
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Engineers recommend changes to Orion heat shield
The Orion crew module for Exploration Flight Test 1 — set for launch Dec. 4 — is seen before attachment to its service module. The heat shield is covered in a reflective silver tape that protects it from the extreme cold temperatures of space. Credit: NASA Lessons learned during preparations leading up to the first…