To day NASA launched Orion,
its long-awaited new spaceship,
aboard a DeltaIV rocket. So far, everything is looking perfect on its
two-hour test journey, with mission control saying liftoff went smoothly
and without problems.
The uncrewed mission is the first time the agency has tested Orion,
which is expected to orbit the Earth twice before eventually landing in
the Pacific Ocean.
"Everything going extremely well," mission control said
seven minutes after liftoff, after the ship jettisoned its launch abort
equipment, which was considered an important launch milestone.
We'll be updating this post
as the test goes, because the ship is in space like, right now, but here
are some GIFs of the launch.
Orion has splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after reaching a
peak altitude of 3,604 miles above Earth and orbiting it twice. Its
heat shield worked, its radiation shield worked right, everything worked
right.
"It turned out to be the most perfect flight you
could ever imagine for a vehicle being first tested," NASA mission
control said. "Every single system on this spacecraft functioned by the
book, from start to finish."
"This is a significant milestone for America's space program," mission control added.
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