NASA preps Orion launch

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  1. JZL

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    http://www.latimes.com/science/la-na-orion-launch-20141203-story.html

    NASA plans to launch Orion from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Thursday atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket. The plan is for Orion to orbit Earth twice, swinging out to a point 3,600 miles high, then splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico.

    It plans a second test launch in 2018 that would send up another unoccupied Orion, this time around the moon and back.​
    JZL, Dec 3, 2014
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  2. mistawiskas

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    It kind of reminds me of the Apollo capsule.
    Launch delayed due to high winds.
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    mistawiskas, Dec 5, 2014
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    ccklqwleklwqe says thanks for this.
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    It went almost as high as Torx!
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    This day has taken a long time to get here.
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  6. Goofus Maximus

    Goofus Maximus Too old to be this dumb!

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    It was launched and splashed down before I even had a clue. I wonder how it differs from SpaceX's Dragon capsule. Google and/or Bing/yahoo, here I come...
    Goofus Maximus, Dec 25, 2014
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