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The Orion spacecraft in lunar orbit - Artist view

auteur: Lockheed Martin Corp/Novapix

référence: e-exl01-20060

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 20 cm

The Orion manned spacecraft in lunar orbit. 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.

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