Author: Ben Finley
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NASA nears the end of its splashdown tests for Mars craft
HAMPTON, Va. — NASA on Thursday conducted the second to last splashdown test for its Orion spacecraft as the agency prepares to eventually send humans to Mars. Scientists at NASA’s Langley facility used a pendulum and explosives to vault a test capsule into a pool of water at about 25 mph. The 11-foot craft disappeared…