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Orion clears first hurdle in getting to Mars

After circling the globe twice, reaching a maximum speed of 20,000 miles an hour, the unmanned Orion spacecraft landed safely in the Pacific Ocean. As Chip Reid reports, the successful flight bodes well for NASA’s ambitions to send astronauts to Mars.
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