First Full-Size Orion Mockup Heading To White Sands
Returning humans to the moon by 2020 may seem like a distant
goal for NASA... but the agency's Constellation Program already has
scheduled the first test flight toward that goal to take place in
less than 12 months. The 90-second flight will not leave Earth's
atmosphere, but it will be an important first step toward
demonstrating how NASA intends to build safety into its next
generation of spacecraft, including the Ares I and V rockets and
the Orion crew capsule.
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