US space agency NASA has succeeded in launching its Orion spaceship on a test flight after a failed first attempt. If all goes according to plan, the spacecraft may one day carry people to Mars. The rocket carrying the Orion capsule blasted off from Kennedy Space Center on the east coast of the US state of Florida at 7:05 a.m. local time. The unmanned test flight will aim to test the spacecrafts heat-shield system and parachute splashdown ahead of more ambitious planned space trips in the future. Orion is meant to orbit Earth twice on its maiden flight: the first time at a distance of about 430 kilometers (270 miles) from the Earths surface.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:16:06 +0000
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