HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) Huntsville's space community is hosting events this week to mark the first flight test of the United States' newest spacecraft.

An unmanned Orion spacecraft is scheduled to launch atop a Delta IV rocket at Cape Canaveral on Thursday.

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville will hold a tour for a group of social media users to discuss the Orion flight on Wednesday.

On the day of the flight, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center will open the theater in its Davidson Center for live viewing of the launch, flight and splashdown.

Future plans call for the Orion space capsule to carry four astronauts atop NASA's new Space Launch system rocket, which is being managed at the Marshall center in Huntsville.

The test flight will last just over four hours.

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Huntsville to host events for Orion test flight