NASA's Orion Spacecraft Passes Its First Test

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By Carl Engelking
Dec 4, 2014 5:00 PMNov 19, 2019 8:27 PM
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Orion awaits its test flight on the launchpad. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Update (Friday, Dec. 5): At 11:29 a.m. Eastern Time NASA’s experimental Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, and in the process ushered in a new era of space exploration in the United States.

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