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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