NASA’s Orion spacecraft first flight (liftoff, view from space and splashdown)

1,866 views · Published 5 December 2014 · 3:08 · Indexed 9 October 2026

Channel: SciNews · 2014 · Science & Technology

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NASA’s Orion spacecraft launched atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket Dec. 5 at 7:05 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. After a 4 hour and 24 minutes journey, Orion splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at 11:29 a.m. EST, about 440 kilometers west of Baja California. 

Video Credit: NASA TV
Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

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