Earlier this morning, at 7:05 a.m. PST, at the Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Orion was launched into space. The project costed NASA $350 million this week alone. Upon reentry to Earth's atmosphere, the capsule was going at an incredible rate of 20,000 mph while experiencing temperatures over 2204º Celsius (4,000º Fahrenheit).
The test flight took 4 hours and 24 mins stated NASA. The capsule had landed off the coast of Baja California in the Pacific Ocean at 10:29 a.m. EST. Reaching heights over 3,604.2 miles, 15 times the height of the International Space Station at 268 miles in orbit. During it's flight, it had encircled the Earth twice
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