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Orion Passes First Test With Flying Colors
![The Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Orion spacecraft lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Dec. 5, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/B35C7728-09E4-4D0F-9479-36A9BD6BBA26_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Orion spacecraft lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Dec. 5, 2014.
![In this photo provided by NASA, the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket, with NASA’s Orion spacecraft mounted atop, lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/EB5E3021-3E21-46B4-B77E-62CA802FAC98_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In this photo provided by NASA, the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket, with NASA’s Orion spacecraft mounted atop, lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014.
![The Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Orion spacecraft lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Dec. 5, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5270A238-F0D6-4C03-8AB5-0E2442B4E917_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Orion spacecraft lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Dec. 5, 2014.
![NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, and his wife Jackie watch as the Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Orion spacecraft lifts off from the Cape Canaveral, Dec. 5, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/51F8F0AC-FBC2-4DF0-B754-ED1C806C11A4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, and his wife Jackie watch as the Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Orion spacecraft lifts off from the Cape Canaveral, Dec. 5, 2014.