NASA Sending Humans on Mars With Orion Space Capsule, First Step Tomorrow

ByArpit Verma December 3, 2014December 3, 2014

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NASA has announced the test launch of Orion space capsule will take place on Thursday, December 4. This is going to be the first step of the Mars mission of NASA, which will be operated in 2030s.

Ready to launch #Orion tomorrow? Watch our preflight briefing live at 11am ET on NASA TV: https://t.co/6XtjOi1yJo pic.twitter.com/suJcNTLtJx

— NASA (@NASA) December 3, 2014

After this test flight, Orion will carry people to nearby asteroids by 2025 and humans will reach Mars by 2030s. Orion will orbit the earth and it’ll carry 1,200 sensors. The flight will last for about 4 and a half hour.

Administrator Bolden: You can’t have a big day without taking a big risk. But we do it smartly. #Orion #JourneytoMars pic.twitter.com/STqoRxwZtK

— NASA (@NASA) December 3, 2014

This Orion Space Capsule mission will allow NASA to get information and test the conditions before going for the unmanned mission.

Via: Huffingtonpost

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Arpit Verma

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