Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 preparations, 2014. Technicians inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, F

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Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 preparations, 2014. Technicians inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, preparing the Orion crew module for its first test flight (Exploration Flight Test 1, EFT-1). This test flight took place on 5 December 2014. The uncrewed Orion spacecraft orbited the Earth twice, before landing in the Pacific Ocean. Developed by NASA, the first Orion crewed launches are scheduled for around 2023. The Orion spacecraft are intended for use in Earth orbit, and for human exploration of the Moon, the asteroids and of Mars. Photographed on 5 August 2014.

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Photo credit: © NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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