Follow US Immigration and US News: NASA stated on the 12th that they will conduct an unmanned flight test of the "Orion" deep space vehicle in September 2014.
Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA's Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, praised this project as a "significant step forward."
According to reports, during the 2014 test, the vehicle will enter an orbit approximately 8,000 kilometers above Earth, complete two orbits, and then re-enter the atmosphere at a speed of 32,000 kilometers per hour to test its ability to withstand atmospheric re-entry.
It is reported that the Orion spacecraft will not carry a crew until at least 2021. The initial test in 2014 is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA.
The next test for the Orion vehicle, which involves a lunar orbit, is scheduled for 2017. At that time, the unmanned vehicle will enter an orbit as high as 75,000 kilometers and orbit the Moon for approximately three weeks.