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A string of weather issues and technical problems prompted NASA to delay Thursday's planned launch of an unmanned Orion spacecraft from Florida for at least a day. Orion's launch would have marked the first test flight of a spacecraft the U.S. hopes to
Thousands of space enthusiasts and spectators are flocking to Florida's “Space Coast” this week to witness the world's most powerful rocket launch NASA's deep space Orion crew capsule on Thursday, Dec. 4 (7:05 a.m. EST
Thursday's first test flight of the US space agency's Orion "Mars ship" has been postponed because of weather and technical issues. The capsule had been due to launch atop a Delta rocket on a short journey above the Earth to prove key technologies.
The space agency's new Orion spacecraft is scheduled to lift off on an uncrewed test flight from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. But some delays have so far kept it on the launch pad. The launch, initially set for 7:05 a.m. ET, was