To the moon!

[Overclocked]

The Orion spacecrafts initial launch was supposed to be today, but after wind delays and some technical issues, it was scrubbed. The Launch is scheduled for tomorrow at 7:05am EST. I wasnt alive to see The Apollo space program, But I find this to be very exciting . Orion will be the next spacecraft to possibly take us to Mars. The amount of engineering that went into this spacecraft is phenomenal!

More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)
https://www.nasa.gov/orion/

Watch NASA live (They have interesting programs from time to time)
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

Side Note, If you do intend to watch the launch NASA tv tends to get bogged down very quickly.

 

[ronsimpson]

The Orion spacecrafts initial launch was supposed to be today, but after wind delays and some technical issues, it was scrubbed. The Launch is scheduled for tomorrow at 7:05am EST. Orion will be the next spacecraft to possibly take us to Mars.

Sorry for the weather delays. I hope you don't miss your flight.
Can you live for one year on airplane food and peanuts?

lol

 

[4pyros]

I remember going out to try and see the last but never saw it . Only to findout later it blow up. Do you think we can see this launch?

 

[KeepItSimpleStupid]

Overclocked: You really should look at the Saturn V and remember it was built between 1968 and 1972. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V

I did see live lift offs on TV as well as the moon landing on TV.

I've seen the Apollo capsule up close and personal in a museum. I've been to three: Cape Canaveral, FL; , Smithsonian in Washington DC and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Virginia. To dwarf that, Kitty Hawk, N.C. What I remember most about that trip were the size of the flies (insects) and their bites.

 

[Overclocked]

4pyros It sounds like they might launch on time today at 7:05 am EST

KeepItSimpleStupid I was born too late for the saturn V launches, Im a 87' baby.

 

[Reloadron]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER -- Atop the most powerful rocket available, NASA's next generation space capsule Orion blasted off Friday morning against the backdrop of a rising sun at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and later landed with a "bull's-eye splashdown" in the Pacific Ocean.

**broken link removed**

Yay, it worked.

Ron

 

[4pyros]

I did not get to see if I could see it. I was on my way to work.