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Launch of Orion
Launch of Orion
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December 4, 2014, 11:42 AM
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NASA is launching its new Orion spacecraft. It\'s the agency\'s most important test flight in years.
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Orion
NASA Orion Test-Flight
In this photo provided by NASA,the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket, with NASA's Orion spacecraft mounted atop, lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls)
AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls
NASA Orion Test-Flight
In this photo provided by NASA, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and his wife Jackie Bolden watch as the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket, with NASA's Orion spacecraft mounted atop, lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls)
AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls
NASA Orion Test Flight
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)
AP Photo/John Raoux
Orion
NASA's Orion spacecraft, atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket, lifts off on its first unmanned orbital test flight from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
AP Photo/Chris O'Meara
NASA Orion Test Flight
NASA's Orion spacecraft, atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket, lifts off on its first unmanned orbital test flight from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA/Bill Ingalls
APTOPIX NASA Orion Test Flight
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)
AP Photo/John Raoux
Orion
NASA's Orion spacecraft, atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket, lifts off on its first unmanned orbital test flight from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
AP Photo/Chris O'Meara
Orion is seen at liftoff. (Courtesy of NASA)
Courtesy of NASA
Orion
A NASA Orion capsule, on top of a Delta IV rocket, is pictured before its early morning liftoff was scrubbed Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
AP Photo/Chris O'Meara
Orion
NASA's new countdown clock got a workout on the morning of Dec. 4, 2014 as problem after problem cropped up in the final four minutes before liftoff. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
AP Photo/Marta Lavandier
Orion
A stray boat in the launch-danger zone kicked things off badly Dec. 4, 2014. Then, excessive wind twice halted the countdown, followed by valve trouble on the unmanned Delta IV rocket that could not be fixed in time. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
AP Photo/Chris O'Meara
Orion
Declining battery power in the rocket's video camera system reinforced the decision to quit for the day. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
AP Photo/Chris O'Meara
Orion
In a photo provided by NASA before the scrubbed launch, the Orion space capsule is seen atop a Delta IV rocket at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls)
AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls
Orion
Before the test flight was scrubbed, NASA said it would reach an altitude of 3,600 miles before re-entering the atmosphere. The Orion space capsule is pictured here on Dec. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls)
AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls
Orion Exploration Flight Test
NASA promised to try again for Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls)
AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls
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