NASA Newest Orion Spacecraft a New Era [HD]

The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is a spacecraft intended to carry a crew of up to four astronauts to destinations beyond-low Earth orbit (LEO). Currently under development by NASA for launch on the Space Launch System, Orion will facilitate human exploration of the Moon, asteroids, and Mars.

The MPCV was announced by NASA on May 24, 2011. Its design is based on the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle from the cancelled Constellation program. It has two main modules. The Orion command module is being built by Lockheed Martin at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Orion service module, provided by the European Space Agency, is being built by Airbus Defence and Space.

The MPCV's debut unmanned test flight, known as Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1), was launched aboard a Delta IV Heavy rocket on December 5, 2014 on a flight lasting 4 hours and 24 minutes, landing at its target in the Pacific Ocean at 10:29 Central (delayed from the previous day due to technical problems). The first manned mission is not expected to take place until 2021 at the earliest.

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