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The Orion spacecraft onward to Moon - Artist view

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-exl01-20041

Date

2009-03-06

The Orion manned spacecraft, docked to the lunar module in lunar orbit, propelled by an Ares 5 stage rocket toward the Moon. The NASA's Project Constellation plans to send human explorers back to the Moon by 2020, and then onward to Mars ; each Orion spacecraft will carry a crew of four to six astronauts.