NASA's test flight of the Orion spacecraft is a success

Dec 8, 2014Sean O'Kane

The Navy retrieved Orion from the ocean and is bringing it home to NASA

Dec 5, 2014Elizabeth Lopatto

From scrubbed launch to successful splashdown: NASA's Orion test flight in photos

Dec 5, 2014Danielle 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, 2014Elizabeth 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, 2014Elizabeth Lopatto

First test flight of NASA's Orion spacecraft launches successfully

It will land four hours later, after orbiting the Earth twice

Dec 5, 2014Elizabeth Lopatto

Watch the second launch attempt of NASA's new Orion spacecraft