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Orion capsule completes epic space journey
Read more →: Orion capsule completes epic space journeySTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION The Orion spacecraft floats in the Pacific Ocean after…
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Video: The launch of Orion
Read more →: Video: The launch of OrionVideo as seen live of the Orion spaceship launching atop a powerful Delta 4-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral…
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Delta 4-Heavy blasts off with Orion capsule
Read more →: Delta 4-Heavy blasts off with Orion capsulePhotos by Tim Dodd CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA’s inaugural Orion spaceship has set sail on a two-orbit, four-hour…
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Orion Exploration Flight Test No. 1 timeline
Read more →: Orion Exploration Flight Test No. 1 timelineThe first orbital test flight of NASA’s Orion crew capsule will lift off on top of a United…
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Photos: Gantry rolled back to reveal Orion
Read more →: Photos: Gantry rolled back to reveal OrionThe 330-foot tall mobile service tower has been retracted from the Delta 4-Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral’s pad…
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John Grunsfeld speaks about Orion’s science goals
Read more →: John Grunsfeld speaks about Orion’s science goalsJohn Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, speaks about the EFT-1 test flight…
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Video: Delta 4-Heavy tower rollback
Read more →: Video: Delta 4-Heavy tower rollbackThe mobile service tower is retracted from the Delta 4-Heavy rocket and Orion spacecraft for Exploration Flight Test…
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Hayabusa 2 launches on audacious asteroid adventure
Read more →: Hayabusa 2 launches on audacious asteroid adventureJapan’s Hayabusa 2 asteroid mission blasts off from Tanegashima Space Center aboard an H-2A rocket. Credit: JAXA A…
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ESA member states commit funding for Orion service module
Read more →: ESA member states commit funding for Orion service moduleArtist’s concept of an Orion spacecraft with a European-built service module. Credit: ESA As a barebones Orion spacecraft…
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Photos: Delta 4-Heavy with Orion on eve of launch
Read more →: Photos: Delta 4-Heavy with Orion on eve of launchRemote camera photographers set up. Complex 34 still hosted Apollo 1 relics.
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NASA Administrator speaks about Orion test flight
Read more →: NASA Administrator speaks about Orion test flightNASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks to Spaceflight Now’s Stephen Clark about the upcoming test flight of the Orion…
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NASA astronaut Rex Walheim excited about Orion test flight
Read more →: NASA astronaut Rex Walheim excited about Orion test flightNASA astronaut Rex Walheim says the Orion EFT-1 test flight represents the opening of a new era for…