Orion Exploration Flight Test-1
Exploration Flight Test-1 was Orion's first spaceflight, an uncrewed two-orbit engineering mission launched on a Delta IV Heavy from Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 37B on December 5, 2014. A high-fidelity crew module and mock service module tested spacecraft systems and critical separation events. The rocket's upper stage raised the flight to about 3,600 miles before Orion returned at high speed to test atmospheric entry and Pacific recovery.
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- Exploration Flight Test-1Exploration Flight Test 1EFT-1Orion EFT-1
- Name
- Orion Exploration Flight Test-1
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Exploration Flight Test-1 was Orion's first spaceflight, an uncrewed two-orbit engineering mission launched on a Delta IV Heavy from Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 37B on December 5, 2014. A high-fidelity crew module and mock service module tested spacecraft systems and critical separation events. The rocket's upper stage raised the flight to about 3,600 miles before Orion returned at high speed to test atmospheric entry and Pacific recovery.
- Destination
- High-apogee Earth orbit and Pacific Ocean recovery
- End Date
- 2014-12-05
- Outcome
- Completed the high-apogee flight, atmospheric entry, parachute descent, and Pacific splashdown after about four hours 24 minutes. The mission returned data on thermal protection, radiation exposure, avionics, separation events, parachutes, and recovery operations. NASA and the U.S. Navy recovered the capsule aboard USS Anchorage.
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- Start Date
- 2014-12-05
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- Creation Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:29:30 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:29:30 UTC
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