NASA's Orion space capsule, which will one day carry humans to deep-space destinations,made its launch debut on Friday, December 5, 2014, by riding a massive Delta 4 Heavy rocket into orbit from a pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 7:05 a.m. EST. Spectacular photos of the test flight captured not only the launch, but also the spacecraft's view of Earth from a distance of 3,600 miles out in space, and even the view out the window as the spacecraft made its fiery descent back to Earth. To view a slideshow of these photos, go to http://www.space.com/27938-awesome-orion-spaceship-test-flight-photos.html?cmpid=558741
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