The original reason for developing Orion was to return to the moon as part of the Constellation Program, but Obama canceled that idea. NASA’s Orion capsule, testing center unveiled The first version of NASA’s new manned Orion space capsule is ready to begin a series of rigorous trials, in preparation for the vehicle’s first test [...]
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