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This is Jay Estes, I am a deputy for flight
test integration in the Orion program.

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What you see here is a Delta 4 heavy
booster being launched from the pad.

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This is a flight test that Orion
is going to conduct in 2014.

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It is a Delta 4 heavy unmanned booster
with two strap-on boosters on the side.

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Once we get through first stage, the
strap-on boosters separate themselves

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and the central core continues
on as a second stage.

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Once we get to low Earth orbit, the second
stage shuts down and separates itself

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from the spacecraft and the upper stage.

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At that point the upper stage
lights, and takes us on to orbit,

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the service module panels separate, and
the launch abort system with its shroud,

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which has been covering the capsule, comes off.

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In low Earth orbit, which is about 250
miles above the Earth, we make one orbit,

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and this orbit lets us check out our systems.

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After one orbit, we ignite the upper stage
and we lift the orbit to about 3600 miles.

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Now 3600 miles is approximately 10 times
higher than any man-rated spaceship has been

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since 1972 when we came back from the moon.

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And the reason we are doing this is
to test our heat shield on reentry.

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The heat shield will be exposed to heating
much like you would get from the moon,

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and we will be able to demonstrate
that our heat shield is sufficient

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for recovering people from
missions beyond Earth.

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And as we begin to enter, the capsule then
separates from the service module section.

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The service module section stays
attached to the upper stage,

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and here you see the control
jets that are firing.

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The control jets the altitude for entry.

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As we enter, we experience maximum
heating lower in the atmosphere.

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This is the primary test of Exploration
Flight Test 1, is that heat shield.

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As we get low in the atmosphere, the forward
bay cover come off, which covers the parachutes,

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and two small chutes come out to slow us down.

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After we slow down those separate,
three small pilot chutes come

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out to open the main parachutes, which
initially open at about three percent opening.

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Then they go to ten percent open.

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Then they go to full open.

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We use those on staging the keep
the forces on the chutes lower.

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It makes for a softer ride
and it keeps our chutes safe.

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We enter the water at a slight angle, to
help the crew with the impact of the water.

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The parachutes fall in the
water, we hope to recover those.

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We are cooperating with the Navy, and using one
of their well deck ships to recover our capsule.