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EFT-1

  • The video shows Orion's view of its fiery re-entry and splashdown (Image: NASA)
    Space
    NASA releases video of Orion re-entry
    Proving that not all the space spectaculars are on the big screen at Christmas, NASA has released video taken from inside the Orion spacecraft during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere earlier this month.
  • Orion being unloaded from the USS Anchorage after splashing down in the Pacific (Image: NASA)
    Space
    Lockheed Martin engineers get first look at Orion post splashdown
    The Orion spacecraft may have taken less than five hours to fly into space and back, but it will take a fortnight for it to return to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, so Lockheed Martin, builder of the capsule, is conducting tests on the fly.
  • ignition of EFT-1 (Image: NASA)
    Space
    Orion blasts into space
    NASA reentered the field of manned spaceflight as it launched the first Orion crew capsule into space today at 7:05 am EST from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy booster on a four and a half hour flight.
  • A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket with NASA’s Orion spacecraft mounted atop is seen alongside the Mobile Service Tower (Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
    Space
    Update: NASA announces new Orion launch date
    NASA has announced that the Orion EFT-1 mission launch has been rescheduled for 7:05 am EST on Friday.
  • Artist's concept of EFT-1 in flight (Image: NASA)
    Space
    Orion EFT-1 launch scrubbed
    NASA's return to manned spaceflight was delayed today as the scheduled launch of the Orion EFT-1 mission was cancelled due to a series of mishaps.