NASA launched the Orion spacecraft from Florida's Cape Canaveral and went into orbit Friday morning. This is the first test flight for a program that NASA hopes will eventually get astronauts to asteroids and mars. The 41/2 hour, uncrewed, 2 orbit flight is taking Orion farther from earth than any spacecraft designed for human flight since the Apollo 17 mission to the moon. Orion is expected to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, roughly 600 miles off the coast of Baja, California. The craft is expected to reach speeds of 20,000 mph when reentering the earths atmosphere.
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