Orion First Flight to Take Place in Late 2013

There was a short article and video posted to Florida Today announching plans for the first Orion spacecraft  test flight.

Current planning is to launch Orion in late 2013 from KSC (Kennedy Space Center).

Lockheed Martin also planning on increasing its work force from the current 150 to 400 by the end of 2013.


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1. Florida Today. "Lockheed Martin targets 2013 for first Orion test flight" by Todd Halvorsan.  February 18, 2012. ( http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20120217/SPACE/120217017/Lockheed-Martin-targets-2013-first-Orion-test-flight?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Home ).