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Get all the updates on the very first test flight of the spacecraft that could take the first people to Mars.
Dec 8, 2014, 4:50 PM UTCSean O'Kane
The Navy retrieved Orion from the ocean and is bringing it home to NASA
Dec 5, 2014, 7:18 PM UTCElizabeth Lopatto
From scrubbed launch to successful splashdown: NASA's Orion test flight in photos
Dec 5, 2014, 5:01 PM UTCDanielle Venton
How did Orion withstand temperatures twice the melting point of steel?
NASA's Molly White is the reason the Orion capsule didn't melt before it reached the ocean
Dec 5, 2014, 4:35 PM UTCElizabeth Lopatto
NASA's Orion test flight splashes down off Baja California
Flight was designed to test capabilities for human travel as far as Mars
Dec 5, 2014, 12:21 PM UTCElizabeth Lopatto
First test flight of NASA's Orion spacecraft launches successfully
It will land four hours later, after orbiting the Earth twice
Dec 5, 2014, 12:03 PM UTCElizabeth Lopatto
Watch the second launch attempt of NASA's new Orion spacecraft
