NASA's Orion Spacecraft Passes Test Flight With Flying Colors

Meera Dolasia
Thu, 11 Dec 2014 08:04:02 -0800

After a day's delay caused by a wayward boat, bad weather, and some technical problems, NASA's next generation spacecraft Orion, blasted off to space from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 7.05 EST on Friday, December 5th. Perched atop a Delta 4 heavy rocket, it soared through the Earth's atmosphere and disappeared into space.