NASA is about to launch Orion spacecraft

At the beginning of 2014, NASA will conduct a launch test of Orion spacecraft at the Canaveral air base in Florida, according to NASA.

During the experiment, Orion will fly to an altitude of about 8000km in Earth orbit, fly around the earth two times and return to the earth's atmosphere at a speed of 32,000 km, then fall to the sea and NASA will axis with on further use research.

NASA said, according to the 2017 plan they will study boosters to put Orion into orbit but how to bring Orion back to Earth and reuse, so NASA decided to use commercial missiles. to launch Orion.

President Obama and Congress have approved an ambitious space exploration plan and NASA must quickly implement this plan. NASA deputy director David Weaver said the test flight will be launched by NASA to give specific figures for the next study.

The Orion spacecraft is a remnant of the moon's trajectory plan, Obama decided to give up the moon exploration program after taking office, hoping that NASA will study to create a type of rocket. Large to bring astronauts to asteroids and finally to Mars.