Orion Spacecraft Test Flight Launch
by Science Photo Library
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Orion Spacecraft Test Flight Launch
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Science Photo Library
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Orion spacecraft test flight launch. Orion spacecraft launching on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 37, Florida, USA, on its first test flight at 7:05 EST on 5 December 2014. The uncrewed Orion spacecraft orbited the Earth twice, before landing in the Pacific Ocean. The test flight was known as Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1). Developed by NASA, the first Orion crewed launches are scheduled for around 2023. The Orion spacecraft are intended for use in Earth orbit, and for human exploration of the Moon, the asteroids and of Mars.
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October 2nd, 2018
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