AlQa'dah 16, 1435, Sep 11, 2014, SPA -- U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) workers at Kennedy Space Center in Florida gathered by the hundreds to watch as the Orion capsule emerged from its assembly hangar Thursday. The capsule - sealed for protection - made its way to its fueling depot atop a 36-wheel platform. The capsule and its attached service module and adapter ring stretched 12 meters high. Orion will make its space debut in December on an unmanned test flight. It will shoot 5,793 kilometers into space and take two big laps around Earth before re-entering the atmosphere at 32,187 kilometers per hour and parachuting into the Pacific Ocean. NASA intends to put astronauts aboard Orion in 2021 for deep space exploration.
