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The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has fully assembled the Orion spacecraft for a test flight Dec 4.

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| Updated on: Nov 01 2014, 14:12 IST

The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has fully assembled the Orion spacecraft for a test flight Dec 4.

Orion is scheduled to be launched aboard a Delta IV heavy rocket and will complete a 4.5-hour, two-orbit test flight.

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The capsule designed and built by the Jefferson County-based Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. (LMSS), is the first vehicle made to take astronauts to deep space destinations, such as the asteroids or Mars.

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The spacecraft will travel around 3,600 miles into space and return to Earth at a speed of more than 20,000 mph.

In future Orion will be used as part of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS).

'An empty shell of a spacecraft arrived in Kennedy Space Center two years ago, and now we have a fully assembled Orion standing 72 feet tall. We are ready to launch it into space and test every inch,' said Michael Hawes, Orion programme manager.

The height includes a launch-abort tower that sticks up from the capsule and contains rocket engines meant to pull the capsule away from its launch vehicle to safety in the event of a mishap.

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First Published Date: 01 Nov, 14:09 IST
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