Orion Soars on First Flight Test

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket lifted off Dec. 5, 2014, at 7:05 a.m. EST carrying the Orion spacecraft for Lockheed Martin and NASA. Known as Exploration Flight Test (EFT)-1, this test flight represents the next step in U.S. crewed space exploration beyond Earth orbit, testing critical systems and refining the design that will take astronauts further than ever before.—at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37. (www.aviationanalysis.net) Más...