All posts tagged "spacecraft"

  • The NASA Orion space capsule atop a Delta IV rocket, in its first unmanned orbital test flight, lifts off from the Space Launch Complex 37B pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,  Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
    NASA successfully launches Orion spacecraft

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new Orion spacecraft made a “bull’s-eye” splashdown in the Pacific on Friday following a dramatic test flight that took it to a zenith height of 3,600 miles and ushered in a...

    • Posted December 5, 2014
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