New Nasa Space Program Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 Lapel Pin

ONE INCH PIN. Exploration Flight Test 1 or EFT-1 (previously known as Orion Flight Test 1 or OFT-1) is the first planned unmanned test flight of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. Set to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV Heavy from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station the mission will be a multi-hour two-orbit test of the Orion Crew Module featuring a high apogee on the second orbit and a high-energy reentry at around 20 000 mph.[2] This mission design is essentially equivalent to that of 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.