Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (Orion MPCV)

A hub of human spaceflight activity for more than half a century, NASA’s Johnson Space Center is home to the country’s astronaut corps, the International Space Station mission operations, the Orion Program and all kinds of future space developments. The Johnson Space Center is pivotal role in enhancing scientific and technological knowledge to benefit all of humankind. A spacecraft design currently under development by NASA, each Orion spacecraft will carry a crew of four to six astronauts. Launched by the Ares I, a launch vehicle also currently under development, Orion will serve as the exploration vehicle to carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during the space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. Both Orion and Ares I are elements of NASA’s Project Constellation, which plans to send human explorers back to the Moon and onward to Mars and other Solar System destinations.

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