NASA's Orion spacecraft powers through first integrated system testing
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 09:50
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) —NASA's Orion spacecraft has proven its mettle in a test designed to determine the spacecraft's readiness for its first flight test—Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1)—later this year. EFT-1 will send the spacecraft more than 3,600 miles from Earth and return it safely.