Heron&Fox Photo<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpaceSaturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceSaturday</span></a>: A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rocket</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/launched" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>launched</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NASA</span></a>’s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Orion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Orion</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/spacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spacecraft</span></a> on Exploration Flight Test 1, or <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EFT1" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EFT1</span></a>.<br />The Delta IV Heavy was chosen as the post powerful and compatible rocket for the Orion test capsule, since its upper stage, the Delta Cryogenic Second Stage, serves as the basis for the Interim Cryogenic Upper Stage on the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SLS</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rocket</span></a>.<br />The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Delta4" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Delta4</span></a> could lift the capsule into a trajectory that would cause it to re-enter the atmosphere at similar velocities as a lunar return, proving the heat shield, parachutes, and landing systems.<br />It also verified the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LaunchAbortSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LaunchAbortSystem</span></a> disposal and fairing jettison.<br /><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Delta4" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Delta4</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Delta4Heavy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Delta4Heavy</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ExplorationFlightTest1" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ExplorationFlightTest1</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RocketLaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RocketLaunch</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DeltaCryogenicSecondStage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeltaCryogenicSecondStage</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DCSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DCSS</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/InterimCryogenicUpperStage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InterimCryogenicUpperStage</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ICUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICUS</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/UnitedLaunchAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UnitedLaunchAlliance</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ULA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ULA</span></a><br /><a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/delta-iv-with-orion-climbs-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/d</span><span class="invisible">elta-iv-with-orion-climbs-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>