Fwd: [New post] Drogue Chute Test Brings EFT-1 Launch One Step Closer

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Date: December 21, 2012 3:13:24 AM GMT-06:00
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Subject: [New post] Drogue Chute Test Brings EFT-1 Launch One Step Closer

Ben Evans posted: "[caption id="attachment_21391" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Artist's illustration of the EFT-1 Orion in orbit. The mission is expected to take place atop a Delta-IV Heavy rocket in 2014. Image Credit: NASA[/caption] In less than two years' time, N" New post on AmericaSpace Drogue Chute Test Brings EFT-1 Launch One Step Closer by Ben Evans In less than two years' time, NASA intends to loft its first unmanned Orion spacecraft on the long-awaited Exploration Flight Test (EFT)-1 mission atop United Launch Alliance's gigantic Delta IV Heavy booster. The mission, which will rise to a maximum altitude of 3,600 miles – the highest a human-capable vehicle has flown since the end [...] Read more of this post Ben Evans | December 21, 2012 at 4:11 am | Tags: aerospace, Apollo, Astronaut, Cape Canaveral, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Delta IV Heavy, Drogue parachute, EFT-1, EM-1, Exploration, Exploration Flight Test-1, Exploration Mission-1, Explore, Heat Shield, Human Space Flight, International Space Station, ISS, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, Lockheed Martin, Lunar, Michoud Assembly Facility, NASA, Operations and Checkout Building, Orion, rocket, Space, space exploration, Space Launch Complex (SLC)-37, ULA, United Launch Alliance, Yuma Proving Ground | Categories: Delta IV, Orion | URL: http://wp.me/p1YCNG-7uY Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.americaspace.org/?p=28828