Pictures: Orion space capsule blasts off

Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches Friday, December 5, 2014 at launch complex 37B at Cape Canaveral.   (Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel)

The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket with NASAs Orion spacecraft lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 37 at at 7:05 a.m. EST, on December 5, 2014, in Florida.   (Bill Ingalls / AFP / Getty Images)

The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket with NASAs Orion spacecraft lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 37 at at 7:05 a.m. EST, on December 5, 2014, in Florida.   (Bill Ingalls / AFP / Getty Images)

The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket with NASAs Orion spacecraft lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 37 at at 7:05 a.m. EST, on December 5, 2014, in Florida.   (Bill Ingalls / AFP / Getty Images)

Orion team members are seen in this long exposure photograph watching the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket with NASAs Orion spacecraft lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 37 at at 7:05 a.m. EST, on December 5, 2014, in Florida.  (Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket carrying NASA’s first Orion deep space exploration craft sits on its launch pad as it is prepared for launch on December 4, 2014 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.   (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket carrying NASA’s first Orion deep space exploration craft sits on its launch pad as it is prepared for launch on December 4, 2014 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.   (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Tourists stand on the original Apollo 1 launch pad overlooking the Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Orion spacecraft on Space Launch Complex 37B pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida December 1, 2014. REUTERS/Scott Audette (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY) ORG XMIT: SAA01  (SCOTT AUDETTE / REUTERS)