Debut Test Flight Looms for Orion, NASA's Next Manned Spaceship
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 07:20
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Orion capsule is slated to launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in September 2014. The unpiloted mission features a high-altitude, high-speed plunge into Earth’s atmosphere to assess the craft’s heat shield.