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NASA Sees Capsule Test as a Step Toward Mars | The New York Times | For the first time since Apollo 17 returned from the moon in 1972, NASA is scheduled to loft an astronaut capsule on Thursday, December 4th, 2014, to soar beyond low Earth orbit. No one will be aboard this flight test of the new capsule, Orion, but NASA hopes it is the first step toward human exploration of the solar system, including an eventual landing on Mars. Orion’s first manned mission is planned for the early 2020s. Credit: The New York Times #NASA #Space #Orion #Exploration #Flight #EFT1 #Spacecraft #Technology #Engineering #Astronauts #Kennedy #KSC #Orbit #Earth #LockheedMartin #DeltaIV #Heavy #ULA #SLS #CapeCanaveral #Florida #USAF #Mars #Asteroids #DeepSpace #Moon #ESA #STEM #Education
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 17:10:02 +0000

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