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Astronaut’s-Eye View of NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Re-entry

Published on Dec 19, 2014 by ReelNASA [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmheCYT4HlbFi943lpH009Q / http://www.youtube.com/user/ReelNASA , http://www.youtube.com/user/ReelNASA/videos ]

New video recorded during NASA’s Orion return through Earth’s atmosphere provides viewers a taste of what the vehicle endured as it returned through Earth’s atmosphere during its Dec. 5 flight test.

The video begins 10 minutes before Orion's 11:29 a.m. EST splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, just as the spacecraft was beginning to experience Earth's atmosphere. Peak heating from the friction caused by the atmosphere rubbing against Orion's heat shield comes less than two minutes later, and the footage shows the plasma created by the interaction change from white to yellow to lavender to magenta as the temperature increases. The video goes on to show the deployment of Orion’s parachutes and the final splash as it touches down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtWzuZ6WZ8E [with comments], https://plus.google.com/u/0/wm/4/+NASAorion/posts/CZNvvihmQnH [with comments]

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You Must Watch the Acid Trip of a Light Show Orion Produced on Reentry


12/19/14
http://gizmodo.com/you-must-watch-the-acid-trip-of-a-light-show-orion-prod-1673372283 [with comments]


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NASA Premieres ‘Trial By Fire’ video on Orion’s Flight Test

Published on Oct 8, 2014 by NASA [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ / http://www.youtube.com/user/NASAtelevision , http://www.youtube.com/user/NASAtelevision/videos ]

As the flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft nears, the agency released Oct. 8 a video detailing the spacecraft’s test and the critical systems engineers will evaluate during the Dec. 4 flight. Orion is in the final stages of preparation for the uncrewed flight test that will take it 3,600 miles above Earth on a 4.5-hour mission to test many of the systems necessary for future human missions into deep space. After two orbits, Orion will reenter Earth’s atmosphere at almost 20,000 miles per hour, and reach temperatures near 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit, before its parachute system deploys to slow the spacecraft for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

On future missions, the Orion spacecraft will carry astronauts farther into the solar system than ever before, including to an asteroid and Mars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2kSeINalHg [with comments]


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Orion: Cockpit

Published on Dec 1, 2014 by ReelNASA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM4qKfNuFX4 [with comments] [via/embedded at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/03/orion-cockpit-nasa-photos_n_6263746.html (with comments)]


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Orion Soars on First Flight Test

Published on Dec 5, 2014 by NASA

NASA’s Orion spacecraft launched successfully atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket Dec. 5 at 7:05 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Orion’s Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), is the first flight test for NASA’s new deep space capsule and is a critical step on NASA's journey to Mars. The 4.5 hour flight is scheduled to conclude with the splashdown of Orion in the Pacific Ocean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEuOpxOrA_0 [with comments]


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Watch Live: The Launch of Orion

Streamed live on Dec 5, 2014 by PBS NewsHour [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ZFN9Tx6xh-skXCuRHCDpQ / http://www.youtube.com/user/PBSNewsHour , http://www.youtube.com/user/PBSNewsHour/videos ]

NASA tests the Orion space capsule in the first step in the eventual journey to Mars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_5Gna6CCrs [with comments] [another covering the entire flight at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj_7Ut93Q3Y (with comments)]

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Orion's Dramatic Test Flight Ends With 'Bulls-Eye' Splashdown
12/05/2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/05/second-orion-launch-nasa_n_6270530.html [with embedded video report, and comments]


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All About That Space

Published on Dec 11, 2014 by ReelNASA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHy08ZPav88 [with comments]


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