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Exploration Flight Test 1: Orion's first flight

namloc1980 · 2014-10-03 21:22:40

NASA's next generation manned spacecraft, Orion Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle, will launch on its maiden unmanned test flight on 4th Dec on top of a Delta IV Heavy rocket. The rocket was lifted into place on the pad on Tuesday: Here's a video summary of the mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVuOlpImsSQ The first manned…

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NASA's next generation manned spacecraft, Orion Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle, will launch on its maiden unmanned test flight on 4th Dec on top of a Delta IV Heavy rocket. The rocket was lifted into place on the pad on Tuesday:

Here's a video summary of the mission:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVuOlpImsSQ

The first manned flight of Orion isn't expected to take place before 2021.

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