New NASA Capsule Orion Resembles Apollo
November 1, 2008 by UltraFuture
NASA rolled out its next-generation space capsule here Wednesday, revealing a bulbous module that is scheduled to carry humans back to the moon in 2020 and eventually onward to Mars. Unlike the space-plane shape of the shuttles, the new Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle looks strikingly similar to the old Apollo space capsule from 1969.
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Great that we are finally getting back to the moon. I hope there will also be cooperation with India’s explorations of the moon: http://ultrafutureworld.com/2008/10/22/india-moon-probe-ready-for-launch/