NASA was forced to scrub the highly anticipated first test flight of its crewed, Mars-bound Orion spacecraft Thursday after a series of weather delays and technical issues pushed the launch time to the end of its acceptable
Orion's debut will be brief ? just 4½ hours from launch to splashdown, with two orbits of Earth. But for the first time in 42 years, NASA is sending a spacecraft built for humans farther than a couple hundred miles from Earth. The previous time was the
NASA will have to wait at least one more day to see how its new Orion spacecraft flies. The unmanned Orion spacecraft is seen at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. (Credit:
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
NASA is preparing to step back into the business of making history with the first launch of its new Orion spacecraft, which will embark on its first test flight Thursday morning to gather data critical to preparing the craft to carry