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Videos: Delta 4-Heavy and Orion prepared for launch
Delta 4-Heavy processing — CBC mate Inside the Horizontal Integration Facility, the three Common Booster Cores for the Delta 4-Heavy rocket to launch Orion on Exploration Flight Test No. 1 are mated together. Delta 4-Heavy processing — second stage mate Inside the Horizontal Integration Facility, the cryogenic upper stage is mated the center Common Booster Core for the Delta 4-Heavy rocket to launch Orion on Exploration Flight Test No. 1. Delta 4-Heavy processing — rollout The United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket is rolled out of the Horizontal Integration Facility to launch pad 37B at Cape Canaveral for the Orion test flight. Delta 4-Heavy processing — vehicle vertical The United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket is raised vertically at launch pad 37B for the Orion test flight. Rollout of the Orion spacecraft The next-generation Orion spacecraft is transported to launch pad 37B for its liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket. Orion hoisted atop launch vehicle The Orion spacecraft is hoisted 200 feet into the launch pad gantry and mated to the Delta
Photos: Orion’s rollout to the pad
On Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, NASA’s next-generation Orion crew capsule made a six-hour trek from a processing building to launch pad 37B where the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket awaits liftoff of the test flight Dec. 4 . Photo credit: Walter Scriptunas II