On December 5, 2014, the Orion spacecraft became the first spacecraft built for humans to soar through the Van Allen radiation belt and into space since Apollo 17 in December of 1972. This successful uncrewed mission is a major step in the nation’s return to deep space human exploration, with planned travel to an asteroid and eventually Mars. Orion’s first flight test, called Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), captured the world’s attention and inspired many about the future of discovery and sp
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