Constellation/Orion: Back to the Moon [Slide Show]

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CONSTELLATION'S CREW LAUNCHER: The Ares 1 rocket will send future astronauts into orbit. Image: NASA Kennedy Space Center

Engineers and researchers at NASA and its contractors are developing the rocket boosters and space modules for the upcoming Constellation/Orion missions. NASA's new space transportation system will take the next generation of astronauts to the International Space Station, the moon and perhaps beyond.

View a slide show of the boosters that will send Orion to the moon.

View a slide show of the Orion modules now under development.

 

Outside links, including images and flash movies, relating to NASA's Constellation Program and its Orion missions.



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  1. 1. jackaker 05:34 AM 1/22/08

    I love the idea of space travel and space living. Please give me more of your ideas on the constellation program and anything else pertaining to this subject. Thank You.

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  2. 2. msmonica 11:19 PM 2/26/08

    Do the Scientist think that the middle star of the Orion is the gateway to heaven? There is a lady by name of Ellen G. White that said that the middle star of Orion is the entrance to heaven.

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