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Orion launches tommorow! EFT-1

Postby legoboyvdlp » Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:47 pm

NASA is launching the new Orion capsule on its first mission tomorrow, for a flight test that if I remember right will go higher than any manned flight before, except for Apollo. Only, of course this is an Unmanned flight.

From nasa.gov:
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At the Launch Readiness Review for Orion’s flight test, designated Exploration Flight Test-1, managers from United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Lockheed Martin gave a “go” to proceed toward launch pending completion of open work. The weather is forecast to be 60 percent “go” for a scheduled liftoff at 7:05 a.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 4. ULA’s Delta IV Heavy rocket will launch Orion on its two orbit, 4.5 hour flight test from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.


Check out these links:

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/orionfirstflight/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM4qKfN ... aB&index=1
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Re: Orion launches tommorow! EFT-1

Postby legoboyvdlp » Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:59 pm

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Re: Orion launches tommorow! EFT-1

Postby HJ1AN » Fri Dec 05, 2014 2:25 am

Unfortunately, its been delayed.. :( I was so hoping to see it as well.



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Re: Orion launches tommorow! EFT-1

Postby Johan G » Fri Dec 05, 2014 4:26 pm

Blast off was at 12:05 UTC today: :D



Latest news can be found at http://www.nasa.gov/orion/.


Edit: About 5 min to spalashdown. Live feed here: http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv
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Postby wlbragg » Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:31 pm

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Re: Orion launches tommorow! EFT-1

Postby Johan G » Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:05 pm

Two splashdown videos:






Here is a longer reentry and splashdown video:


Strange video in some ways by the way (pronounced echo, http://www.Bandicam.com and PBS News Hour logos, terminal window briefly showing etc). "NASA Public" is most probably not an official NASA YouTube channel. :wink:
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Postby HJ1AN » Wed Dec 10, 2014 3:00 am

On the same subject:

http://www.iflscience.com/space/nasa-astronauts-will-head-mars-mid-2030s

..and IMO the date is just a tad tooo long... it's a bit disappointing.
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Postby Johan G » Wed Dec 10, 2014 5:53 pm

One step further every generation it seems. ;) To bad few people who saw the moon landing will be alive by then. :(
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