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Images: Orion spacecraft prepares for moon landing

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Orion approaching the International Space Station
The spacecraft that NASA hopes will return humans to the moon is scheduled to begin flight testing the the fall of 2008. The Orion spacecraft's first duty will be to replace NASA's aged space shuttle fleet with missions in Earth's orbit, including visits to the International Space Station, scheduled to begin in 2015.
                 

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It may be a quibble, but those abort rockets are not quite new... Wesley Jolly | 08/03/07
Soyuz too? bikingbill | 08/10/07
An upgrade bgruhlke@... | 08/10/07
Nope, the whole capsule was towed into the air Wesley Jolly | 08/14/07
Theory of Proof XMLgeek | 08/10/07
Proof in the shadows cast and lack of stars, etc Data Ninja | 08/10/07
Idiots believe anything a.southern@... | 08/17/07
Brothers In law... Lightning Joe | 08/11/07
It is a shame that all of the old technology is gone rclark@... | 08/15/07
Good point! yooper@... | 08/21/07
Columbia had Ejector seats for it's first four missions Bill Ward | 08/16/07
Can you say Apollo, boys and girls? CodeCurmudgeon | 08/03/07
Just to clarify Wesley Jolly | 08/06/07
death of mass space travel pmjm@... | 08/10/07
Maybe not "dead".... jdavis@... | 08/10/07
$$ may not be the problem... hjk4300 | 08/10/07
Not enough brain power or time on station. golncor | 08/15/07
Apollo look alike Recce1 | 08/10/07
Why such long timescales? foruseonforums@... | 08/10/07
Well, It is space travel, and it takes huge money... pioneer6800@... | 08/10/07
It takes a long time Steve samuel.ramos@... | 08/10/07
No, that won't settle it either Wesley Jolly | 08/14/07
RE: (Images: Orion spacecraft prepares for moon landing) ash@... | 08/10/07
Here's some links... JCitizen | 08/10/07
One small-minded step for NASA...One giant leap backwards... ghostriderxp@... | 08/10/07
Orion...the New Space Race eddie.jones@... | 08/10/07
RE: The new space race afterhoursman@... | 08/10/07
China already thinks it has put a man on the moon. AbbyD@... | 08/10/07
Chinese DON'T Think they have someone on moon a.southern@... | 08/16/07
Did they forget to include a LEM? AbbyD@... | 08/10/07
Unrealistic goals... JCitizen | 08/10/07
VENTURE STARS and Russian vs. US Urban myth a.southern@... | 08/16/07
I have a space pen. rclark@... | 08/16/07
space pens a.southern@... | 08/17/07
More Retro thinking than retro rockets Hbuttyr@... | 08/10/07
something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue kaboodle34@... | 08/10/07
RE: (Images: Orion spacecraft prepares for moon landing) XMLgeek | 08/10/07
Why hasn't anyone brought this up? yooper@... | 08/14/07
RE: (Images: Orion spacecraft prepares for moon landing) sales@... | 08/16/07
RE: (Images: Orion spacecraft prepares for moon landing) ezel_is@... | 03/30/09

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