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February 24, 2015

Orion test flight yields critical data for next mission
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 24, 2015
NASA's Orion spacecraft continues on the agency's journey to Mars as engineers analyze data from the spacecraft's December flight test and make progress developing and building the spacecraft for its first mission atop NASA Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket. On future missions, Orion will send astronauts to an asteroid and onward toward the Red Planet. At machine houses across the country, elements of the primary structure for the next Orion to fly in space are coming together. Avionics ... read more

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Myanmar aid group urges ceasefire to evacuate trapped civilians

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