The spacecraft was scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral on a Delta IV-Heavy rocket at 1205 GMT for a two-orbit, four-hour flight but is currently delayed due to winds.
Designed for future manned deep space missions, the maiden flight will be used by NASA’s engineers to assess launch and high-speed re-entry systems including attitude control, parachutes and the heat shield.
In the following video engineer and launch team member Nujoud Merancy explains why Orion will enable multiple deep space missions.
Comment: The UK is closer to deindustrialisation than reindustrialisation
"..have been years in the making" and are embedded in the actors - thus making it difficult for UK industry to move on and develop and apply...