NASA spaceship ready for test flight

Orion, NASA's Spacecraft designed to one day launch humans back into space, is ready for its first test flight. The test flight was set for today at 7:05 a.m. ET, but due to high winds and a stuck liquid-oxygen drain it was rescheduled for Friday morning. Orion is set to orbit the earth twice in a range of 4 hours before coming back down and landing in the Pacific Ocean. The first test flight will carry no astronauts but will a step forward in NASA returning to the crewed spaceflight business.

The news of Orion's launch is exciting because it brings back an important era in American history that has slowly been forgotten. The whole concept of space and space travel amazes me and with newly found technology NASA will be able to travel further. Mars is the final objective for Orion and perhaps soon it will be achievable.

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http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/30/tech/innovation/nasa-orion-spacecraft-test-flight/index.html