NASA'S Orion Arrives At Kennedy, Work Underway For First Launch

An anonymous reader writes in with news about the arrival of the Orion spacecraft at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center today. "More than 450 guests at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida welcomed the arrival of the agency?s first space-bound Orion spacecraft Monday, marking a major milestone in the construction of the vehicle that will carry astronauts farther into space than ever before. 'Orion?s arrival at Kennedy is an important step in meeting the president?s goal to send humans to an asteroid by 2025 and to Mars in the 2030s,' NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver said. 'As NASA acquires services for delivery of cargo and crew to the International Space Station and other low-Earth destinations from private companies, NASA can concentrate its efforts on building America?s next generation space exploration system to reach destinations for discovery in deep space. Delivery of the first space-bound Orion, coupled with recent successes in commercial spaceflight, is proof this national strategy is working.'"

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