First Human Flight With Orion Slips Almost Two Years

Credit: Orion crew module: NASA
Top NASA managers have delayed the “committed” target for the first flight of its $11.5 billion Orion crew vehicle with astronauts on board from August 2021 until April 2023, after concluding they can’t justify the 70% confidence level that would be required under standard practice to use the...

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