Orion Soars on First Flight Test

NASA’s Orion spacecraft launched successfully atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket Dec. 5 at 7:05 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Orion’s Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), is the first flight test for NASA’s new deep space capsule and is a critical step on NASA's journey to Mars. The 4.5 hour flight is scheduled to conclude with the splashdown of Orion in the Pacific Ocean.

[JustasDomulis]

Seriously, who in their right mind, could dislike stuff like this?

[lucaschmidt]

And liftoff... AT DAWN, the dawn of Orion and a new era of American space exploration..
GOOSEBUMPS

[TrapMusicNow]

Can we please give NASA more funding? Thanks US Government.

[toddmillecam]

This is an amazing achievement, even though I hear people saying, "it's already been done before."  Well, okay, yeah, it has, but now it has been done by a new generation of engineers on a tighter budget with an entirely different style of technology. . .with 1/3rd the number of employees involved as the Apollo launches.
Space travel is amazing by all counts and in all periods of time, but making space travel more cost-effective is what will really push humanity forward.

[Hakai_ryu]

I love how it goes from loud, to dead silent as the craft enters space.

[Wulfcry]

4:10 Passing Mach 5, Makes you gaze in awe how quietly that looks but there some high speed going on.

[carriecowan]

Great job, Orion! So proud of all those that worked so hard to get Orion off of the ground! Keep going!

[bobthoreau]

1:03 what a beautiful sight! What an overwhelming launch!

[StoneColdStvAustin]

It's an incredible thing, looking at the curve of our planet from there. Amazing.

[emo]

[Organ music blasting]
"Come on TARS...Come on TARS!!!"

[arilennox]

i would have the biggest panic attack of life if i ever went to

[stc]

Goosebumps! Represents the highest aspirations of civilization.

[FanServiceGod]

All those little bits of light coming out of the thusters at 6:35 are so beautiful

[NickWarnerMedia]

i wish we had some more altitude and speed information. it would be cool to see a speedometer the whole way through

[TheSeeker]

Awesome video! Watching as it left the atmosphere and no longer being able to see fire from the engines was really cool.

[bricksmartfilms]

Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here.

[AndyJ_Media]

Many congratulations to all the people involved in this mass project who have brought Spaceship Orion to life on it's first historic test flight! Happy to be on your Microchip! Best regards. Andrew Jacklin. Great Britain. Here's to a journey of expectations, may godspeed be with you and your future missions to that dusty red planet!  

[billa]

im english and support nasa so much.. cant wait the day until humans reach mars, thanks to nasa

[zachg]

EPIC. I am 18 and I watched shuttle launches when I was young. This was an awesome launch but I still miss the Shuttle. 

[lesfd]

I missed it live, app froze at 39sec to launch. Just watched the replay. Go Orion! Congratulations NASA. from the Philippines