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.
Engineers plan to redesign part of the Orion capsule’s self-righting flotation system that only partially engaged as the spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean following an orbital test flight in December, NASA officials said.
