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Orion first flight
Two million pounds of thrust sends the first (unmanned) flight of NASA's newest manned space capsule, Orion, into the heavens.
This first flight of Orion was atop the heaviest rocket currently flown in the USA, the Delta IV Heavy, with three Common Booster Cores (CBC) and a cyrogenic upper stage, pushing Orion into a 3,600 mile high orbit before a successful mission completion and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Cover image for Ars' NASA Orion EFT-1 (Exploration Flight Test 1) launch article.
arstechnica.com/science/2014/12/second-times-the-charm-na...
Orion first flight
Two million pounds of thrust sends the first (unmanned) flight of NASA's newest manned space capsule, Orion, into the heavens.
This first flight of Orion was atop the heaviest rocket currently flown in the USA, the Delta IV Heavy, with three Common Booster Cores (CBC) and a cyrogenic upper stage, pushing Orion into a 3,600 mile high orbit before a successful mission completion and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Cover image for Ars' NASA Orion EFT-1 (Exploration Flight Test 1) launch article.
arstechnica.com/science/2014/12/second-times-the-charm-na...