On Dec. 5, 2014, NASA's Orion space capsule launched for the first time.
This spacecraft is designed to take astronauts to the moon and even Mars. No one was on board for this test launch, but there will be astronauts blasting off into space inside these capsules by the mid-2020s. For the first test launch, it lifted off on a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral. Four and a half hours later, it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. This mission allowed NASA to check out Orion's key components, like the heat shield, parachutes and on-board computers.
This spacecraft is designed to take astronauts to the moon and even Mars. No one was on board for this test launch, but there will be astronauts blasting off into space inside these capsules by the mid-2020s. For the first test launch, it lifted off on a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral. Four and a half hours later, it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. This mission allowed NASA to check out Orion's key components, like the heat shield, parachutes and on-board computers.
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00:00On this day, in space.
00:04In 2014, NASA's Orion Space Capsule launched for the very first time.
00:08This spacecraft is designed to take astronauts to the moon and even Mars.
00:12No one was on board for this test launch, but there will be astronauts blasting off into space
00:16in these capsules by the mid-2020s. For the first test launch,
00:20it lifted off on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral.
00:24Four and a half hours later, it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.
00:28This mission allowed NASA to check out Orion's key components like the heat shield,
00:32parachutes, and onboard computers. And that's what happened on this day in space.
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