14 , National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced to be postponed to September to December of this year , the mission 's first launch of Orion spacecraft new .
Spacecraft Lockheed Martin and NASA is currently in development , Orion corresponds to the successor to the space shuttle as a " spacecraft of NASA ." Unlike the space shuttle that did not carry a person only to low Earth orbit , the development is promoted as a spacecraft capable of carrying humans to asteroids and Mars and beyond and , to the moon as Apollo spacecraft Orion have been . First flight of Orion is called (1, EFT-1 Exploration Flight Test) Exploration Flight Test 1 , the Delta IV Heavy rocket that is used to launch satellites of large , launch by mounting the Orion unmanned , Earth the plans after one lap the orbit , re- entered the atmosphere at about 9km per second and flight , the trajectory reaching to about 6,000 km maximum altitude , to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean . This will be tested heat systems and electronic devices , such as the Orion parachute or to function as designed . The EFT-1 , which had been scheduled for September 18 of this year initially , it was decided to be postponed to the first half of December . For that reason , NASA has not announced " the rocket to be launched this year , to give more opportunities " and only . However, according to the report of some thing with is because the priority is the launch of a military satellite of the U.S. Air Force called (GSSAP, Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program) and geostationary orbit space situational awareness program . That the secret is released by the U.S. Air Force 's own recently , the launch of the Delta IV rocket is scheduled is revealed to GSSAP. In addition , it is stated that that prepare for the launch and is ready in September of this year , Orion itself is not a delay in the plan , such as planned .
Spacecraft Lockheed Martin and NASA is currently in development , Orion corresponds to the successor to the space shuttle as a " spacecraft of NASA ." Unlike the space shuttle that did not carry a person only to low Earth orbit , the development is promoted as a spacecraft capable of carrying humans to asteroids and Mars and beyond and , to the moon as Apollo spacecraft Orion have been . First flight of Orion is called (1, EFT-1 Exploration Flight Test) Exploration Flight Test 1 , the Delta IV Heavy rocket that is used to launch satellites of large , launch by mounting the Orion unmanned , Earth the plans after one lap the orbit , re- entered the atmosphere at about 9km per second and flight , the trajectory reaching to about 6,000 km maximum altitude , to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean . This will be tested heat systems and electronic devices , such as the Orion parachute or to function as designed . The EFT-1 , which had been scheduled for September 18 of this year initially , it was decided to be postponed to the first half of December . For that reason , NASA has not announced " the rocket to be launched this year , to give more opportunities " and only . However, according to the report of some thing with is because the priority is the launch of a military satellite of the U.S. Air Force called (GSSAP, Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program) and geostationary orbit space situational awareness program . That the secret is released by the U.S. Air Force 's own recently , the launch of the Delta IV rocket is scheduled is revealed to GSSAP. In addition , it is stated that that prepare for the launch and is ready in September of this year , Orion itself is not a delay in the plan , such as planned .