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Orion achieves first test flight with unmanned return to Earth
NASA's Orion capsule completed a four hour, two orbit test flight launching from Cape Canaveral. It reached 3,604 miles altitude the highest crew module since Apollo 17 and splashed down in the Pacific near Baja California. 600 miles from San Diego, crews prepared transport and data collection from 1,200 sensors to assess heat shield and parachute performance.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Orion
Earth
Mars
America
Mission Control
Rob Navias
Pacific
Solar System
Space
Mike Sarafin
Houston
W. Michael Hawes
Lockheed Martin Corp
Mexico
Baja Penia
San Diego
Mark Geyer
International Space Station
Geyer