NASA Pushes First Manned Flight of Orion to 2023

NASA's newest spacecraft, the Orion, won't be flying astronauts as soon as anticipated. On Wednesday, top NASA officials said there isn't much confidence in the original 2021 launch date. That's because of the space agency's history of running into unexpected problems in new programs, like Orion. Managers set 2023 as the new official launch date for the capsule, although they said they haven't entirely given up yet on 2021. Orion is meant to expand human...

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