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Exploration Tower

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Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
Exploration Tower
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+1 321-394-3408

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Sunday10am - 5pm
Monday10am - 5pm
Tuesday10am - 5pm
Wednesday10am - 5pm
Thursday10am - 5pm
Friday10am - 5pm
Saturday10am - 5pm


Exploration Flight Test-1 or EFT-1 was the first test flight of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. Without a crew, it was launched on December 5, 2014, at 12:05 UTC , by a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The mission was a four-hour, two-orbit test of the Orion crew module featuring a high apogee on the second orbit and concluding with a high-energy reentry at around 20,000 miles per hour . This mission design corresponds to the Apollo 4 mission of 1967, which validated the Apollo flight control system and heat shield at re-entry conditions planned for the return from lunar missions. NASA heavily promoted the mission, collaborating with Sesame Street and its characters to educate children about the flight test and the Orion spacecraft.
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