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Month: December 2014

Delta 4

Photos: Orion launches at dawn

December 5, 2014 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket lifts off with NASA’s Orion spacecraft on its inaugural space flight test at 7:05 a.m. EST Dec. 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Complex 37.

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Video: Orion EFT-1 test flight ends with a splashdown in the Pacific

December 5, 2014 Spaceflight Now

The splashdown of Orion in the Pacific Ocean concludes the EFT-1 shakedown cruise for NASA’s new space capsule.

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Video: Onboard camera captures Orion capsule return to Earth

December 5, 2014 Spaceflight Now

A camera mounted aboard the Orion capsule for the EFT-1 test flight records the space capsules plunge toward the Pacific Ocean and its splashdown beneath three parachutes.

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Delta 4-Heavy blasts off with Orion capsule

December 5, 2014 Justin Ray

NASA’s inaugural Orion spaceship has set sail on a two-orbit, four-hour shakedown cruise around the Earth, leaving port atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket and its incandescent power at 7:05 a.m. EST on Dec. 5.

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Video: Delta 4-Heavy tower rollback

December 4, 2014 Justin Ray

The mobile service tower is retracted from the Delta 4-Heavy rocket and Orion spacecraft for Exploration Flight Test 1.

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John Grunsfeld speaks about Orion’s science goals

December 4, 2014 Stephen Clark

John Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, speaks about the EFT-1 test flight and science opportunities made possible by the Orion capsule and its Space Launch System rocket.

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Photos: Gantry rolled back to reveal Orion

December 4, 2014 Justin Ray

The 330-foot tall mobile service tower has been retracted from the Delta 4-Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral’s pad 37B for tomorrow morning’s launch that will place the Orion spacecraft on its intended trajectory.

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Orion Exploration Flight Test No. 1 timeline

December 4, 2014 Spaceflight Now

The first orbital test flight of NASA’s Orion crew capsule will lift off on top of a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37B launch pad.

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ESA member states commit funding for Orion service module

December 3, 2014 Stephen Clark

As a barebones Orion spacecraft awaits its first launch from Cape Canaveral, representatives of European governments agreed to fund the development of a power and propulsion element to take the crew capsule on voyages around the moon, to an asteroid, and eventually to Mars.

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NASA astronaut Rex Walheim excited about Orion test flight

December 3, 2014 Spaceflight Now

NASA astronaut Rex Walheim says the Orion EFT-1 test flight represents the opening of a new era for the space agency.

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