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The Orion spacecraft onward to Moon - Artist view

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-exl01-20040

Image Size 300 DPI: 47 * 26 cm

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.

Keywords for this photo:

2006 - ARES 5 - CONSTELLATION - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - ILLUSTRATION - LAUNCHER - LUNAR MODULE - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MODULE - MOON - ORBIT - ORION - ROCKET - SATELLITE - SPACE -