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NASA’s First Orion Crew Module Arrives Safely back at Kennedy Space Center
Homecoming view of NASA’s first Orion spacecraft after returning to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 19, 2014 after successful blastoff on Dec. 5, 2014. Credit: Ken Kremer – kenkremer.com
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – After a history making journey of more than 60,000 miles through space, ocean splash down and over 2000 mile cross country journey through the back wood of America, NASA’s pathfinding Orion crew capsule has returned to its home base at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
“The Orion mission was a spectacular success,” said Jules Schneider, Lockheed Martin Program manager for Orion at KSC, during a homecoming event attended by space journalists including Universe Today on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. (…)
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Post tags: Apollo Moon landings, deep space, Deep space exploration, Delta 4 Heavy, EFT-1, kennedy space center, LASF, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Orion Capsule, Orion EFT-1
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/117483/nasas-first-orion-crew-module-arrives-safely-back-at-kennedy-space-center/
