NASA is planning on launching the unmanned Orion spacecraft tomorrow. The test flight is scheduled for 7:05 a.m. EST.
NASA has created the Orion ship with Lockheed Martin and the United Launch Alliance. They are all working together to get this spacecraft off the ground.
The Orion craft is unmanned at this point but if all goes well, it will have a crew in the future. The hope is for a crew to be aboard the Orion around 2021. This craft is designed for deeper space travel than the Space Shuttle. The speculation is that Orion will take a crew to Mars.
(Via NASA.gov)
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