EFT-1

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EFT-1 is NASA's first uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft, conducted in 2014 to evaluate its critical systems during high Earth orbit and reentry.

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instanceOf Orion test flight
spaceflight mission
uncrewed test flight
agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration
linked to: NASA
apogee about 3,600 miles
about 5,800 kilometers
crew uncrewed
followedBy Artemis I
fullName Exploration Flight Test 1
heatShieldMaterial AVCOAT ablative material
launchCountry United States
launchDate 2014-12-05
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37B
launchVehicle Delta IV Heavy
launchVehicleOperator United Launch Alliance
launchYear 2014
missionDuration approximately 4.5 hours
missionType test flight
operator NASA
orbitsCompleted 2
perigee low Earth orbit
precededBy no prior Orion orbital test flight
primaryObjective test Orion avionics
test Orion guidance and control systems
test Orion heat shield
test Orion parachute system
test Orion recovery operations
test Orion separation events
program Orion program
reentryEnvironment high-energy Earth reentry
reentryProfile lunar-return-like reentry velocity simulation
reentrySpeed about 20,000 miles per hour
about 8.9 kilometers per second
relatedProgram Artemis program
result mission objectives largely achieved
significance first flight of Orion on a Delta IV Heavy
first orbital flight test of Orion spacecraft
spacecraft Orion spacecraft
spacecraftType Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
linked to: Orion spacecraft
splashdownLocation Pacific Ocean
splashdownRecovery U.S. Navy
linked to: United States Navy
status completed
testedSystem Orion avionics
Orion crew module structure
Orion flight software
Orion guidance, navigation, and control
Orion heat shield
Orion parachutes
Orion separation mechanisms

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