Launch will occur from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 launch pad. Credit: ULAThe Orion spacecraft stands 73 feet tall. Credit: ULALaunch 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 crew capsule. Credit: ULA
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.
