September 17, 2007
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Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmConstellation/Orion: Back to the Moon [Slide Show]
America prepares for the next lunar missions
By Coco Ballantyne & Steven Ashley
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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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