NASA’s Orion spacecraft launched successfully 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.
Orion’s Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), is the first flight test for NASA’s new deep space capsule and is a critical step on NASA's journey to Mars.
The 4.5 hour flight is scheduled to conclude with the splashdown of Orion in the Pacific Ocean.
