Watch Live as NASA Launches a New Human Spacecraft this Thursday

The Orion spacecraft atop a Delta IV rocket waits at the Kennedy Space Center for Thursday's launch.Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett NASA plans to launch its new human spacecraft, Orion, this Thursday December 4th in its first test flight. The launch window opens at 7:05 a.m. EST so if you are based in the U.S., be sure to set an early alarm to watch it live.The unmanned mission will last four and a half hours as Orion orbits twice around the Earth before splashing down off the coast of Baja California...