The rocket that will carry the Orion capsule, sits ready to launch at Cape Canaveral in Florida. The launch was postponed Thursday. Photo: Scott Audette (Reuters)
The planned launch of NASA’s Orion vessel was Thursday postponed due to difficult wind conditions and technical difficulties.
The launch of NASA’s new space capsule was first put on hold due to difficult wind conditions, before problems with valves launcher did the test was ultimately postponed until Friday.
The plan was originally the Delta IV rocket, which will carry NASA’s new flagship into space, would take off at 13 o’clock Norwegian time from Cape Canaveral in Miami.
The development of Orion spacecraft has been ongoing for many years and the launch will be the first attempt to send the capsule into space. Test trip should take about four hours, and the unmanned capsule should land in the Pacific Ocean southwest of San Diego after two long orbit around the Earth.
Orion is a vessel designed for long spaceflights. NASA dream to send humans to Mars rests largely on the untested capsule. Initially, it is intended that astronauts should visit an asteroid, before a mission to Mars earliest stands for trip about 20 years.
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