NASA's return to manned spaceflight was delayed today as the scheduled launch of the Orion EFT-1 mission was cancelled due to a series of mishaps. Originally scheduled to lift off at 7:05 am EST from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy booster, setbacks due to the weather and equipment problems forced mission control to put off the flight beyond the launch window, which ended at 9:44... Continue Reading Orion EFT-1 launch scrubbed
Section: Space
Tags: EFT-1, Launch, NASA, Orion Spacecraft, Spacecraft
Related Articles:
Orion ready for Thursday's launch
Final assembly of Orion spacecraft completed
ESA to provide service module for NASA's Orion spacecraft
Update: SpaceX Dragon CRS-3 mission launch scrubbed again
Orion spacecraft crew capsule completed and ready for fueling
SLS completes key development review
No comments:
Post a Comment
Rules for submitting comments:
1. No profanity. I maintain the pretense that this is a family-friendly site.
2. Stay on topic. A bit of straying and off-hand commenting is okay, but hijacking the discussion is right out.
3. No ad hominem attacks. Attack the subject, not the other person on the thread and keep the discussion civil.
4. No spamming or commercial endorsements. These get deleted immediately.
Tip: Beware of putting hyperlinks in your comments–especially at the end. For some reason, Blogger interprets these as spam.
Note: Due to the recent spate of anonymous spamming, registration for comments is now required.