4 hours 24 minutes launch to splashdown. A flawless maiden flight!
Showing posts with label Orion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orion. Show all posts
Friday, December 5, 2014
We have Lift Off! Orion into Orbit
Today everything cooperated and Orion atop the Delta IV was 7:05 Eastern Time. Yes, I slept through it.
4 hours 24 minutes launch to splashdown. A flawless maiden flight!
4 hours 24 minutes launch to splashdown. A flawless maiden flight!
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Orion launch Scrubbed for Today
The unmanned launch of the US Orion deep space vehicle has been scrubbed for today. Cranky valves and high winds at the Cape caused the delay. There is another launch window tomorrow (12/5) at 7:05am EST.
I realized this morning that this is the first time that a member of my family has not been directly involved with a NASA manned space project. My uncle worked on all prior manned NASA projects from Mercury through the Space Shuttles. My brother works at Ball, but he is currently engaged on the James Webb Space Telescope.
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I realized this morning that this is the first time that a member of my family has not been directly involved with a NASA manned space project. My uncle worked on all prior manned NASA projects from Mercury through the Space Shuttles. My brother works at Ball, but he is currently engaged on the James Webb Space Telescope.
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