NASA's Orion Tests Future of Manned Spaceflight

Orion, a NASA spacecraft designed to launch a new era of space exploration and eventually take humans to Mars, has made its first test-flight journey. The space expedition, which was set to take place Thursday but was 

The Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft sits on the launch pad awaiting liftoff in the sunrise at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida December 4, 2014. REUTERS/Steve Nesius 

After several complications, the Orion launch has been delayed until Friday morning.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA took another shot at launching its new Orion spacecraft Friday, a day after gusty wind and sticky valves held up the critical test flight. The unmanned rocket holding Orion was poised to blast off at sunrise, although

After delays caused by errant boats and high winds, NASA's new deep-space exporation craft, Orion, finally got into orbit this morning for its first unmanned test flight. The full launch video is above there, and continues all the