PISCES Image of the Week: Orion Spacecraft Recovery

PISCES Image of the Week: Orion Spacecraft Recovery

NASA’s Orion spacecraft is shown in the Pacific Ocean Dec. 5, 2014 off the coast of Baja, Mexico after a splashdown that followed a 4.5 hour test-flight roughly 3,600 miles from Earth.  A team consisting of NASA, Navy, and the Orion contractor Lockheed Martin,...
Orion Spacecraft to Undergo First Test Flight

Orion Spacecraft to Undergo First Test Flight

Artist rendering of NASA’s Orion spacecraft reentering Earth’s atmosphere during its first test flight slated for Dec. 4, 2014.  Credit: NASA. This Thursday (Dec. 4, 2014) NASA’s state-of-the-art Orion spacecraft will undergo its first test flight...