Huge Rocket for NASA's 1st Orion Test Flight Moves to Launch Pad

The towering rocket that will blast NASA's new Orion crew capsule into space on its first unmanned test flight in December has made it to the launch pad. A huge Delta 4 Heavy rocket was rolled from an assembly facility to Launch Complex 37 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Tuesday night (Sept. 30), then lifted to a vertical position today (Oct. 1) for final processing and checkout activities, said representatives with United Launch Alliance (ULA), which built the rocket. The triple-core Delta 4 Heavy rocket stands 235 feet (72 meters) tall and is the largest U.S. The Delta 4 Heavy is scheduled to blast off on Dec. 4, carrying NASA's Orion spacecraft on its debut test flight.

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