NASA's 1st Deep-Space Capsule in 40 Years Ready for Launch Debut
Monday, December 1, 2014 - 10:20
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Orion space capsule is scheduled to travel 3,600 miles from Earth on Dec. 4, then rocket back to Earth to test out a variety of systems during an unmanned flight. No human-spaceflight vehicle has traveled so far since 1972.
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