CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has a new state-of-the-art space capsule on the launch pad. And there's a new high-tech countdown clock to go with it.
Kennedy Space Center's multimedia display was lit up Tuesday and counting down the hours, minutes and seconds until Thursday morning's liftoff of Orion on an unmanned orbital test flight. It's the nation's first new spacecraft intended for true outer-space travel by humans since the Apollo moon program.
NASA wanted the latest flat-screen gizmo to usher in this new era of exploration. So last week, down came the countdown clock that dated back to the Apollo 12 moon shot in 1969. And up went the new display in the same exact spot.
NASA says the old clock had become too expensive to fix and maintain.
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