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NASA Tests Its Orion Capsule
NASA engineers conducted a test Thursday morning of the Orion crew capsule -- the only element the space agency plans to save from the cancelled space shuttle replacement program.
- In the test, conducted at the White Sands Missile Range in the barren southern New Mexico desert, the Orion capsule was catapulted about a mile into the air and landed about 1 mile north of the launch site. The unmanned capsule left a stream of white smoke as it arched toward the north. Several hundred people watched the test early Thursday morning.read moreNASA TVShare
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NASA Tests Its Orion Capsule
NASA engineers conducted a test Thursday morning of the Orion crew capsule -- the only element the space agency plans to save from the cancelled space shuttle replacement program.
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