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NASA’s Orion Nails Its Test Flight

NASA today launched and retrieved its Orion capsule—the next vehicle designed for human space exploration. It orbited Earth twice and landed “right on target” in the ocean southwest of San Diego. Jeff Foust is Senior Staff Writer at SpaceNews, joining us from the Kennedy Space Center.

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By Warren Olney • Dec 5, 2014 • 1 min read

NASA today launched and retrieved its Orion capsule—the next vehicle designed for human space exploration. It orbited Earth twice and landed “right on target” in the ocean southwest of San Diego. Jeff Foust is Senior Staff Writer at SpaceNews, joining us from the Kennedy Space Center.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Benjamin Gottlieb

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    Katie Cooper

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    Jeff Foust

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