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.
 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 upgradebgruhlke@... | 08/10/07 |
 Nope, the whole capsule was towed into the airWesley Jolly | 08/14/07 |
| Theory of ProofXMLgeek | 08/10/07 |
| Proof in the shadows cast and lack of stars, etcData Ninja | 08/10/07 |
| Idiots believe anythinga.southern@... | 08/17/07 |
| Brothers In law...Lightning Joe | 08/11/07 |
| It is a shame that all of the old technology is gonerclark@... | 08/15/07 |
| Good point!yooper@... | 08/21/07 |
| Columbia had Ejector seats for it's first four missionsBill Ward | 08/16/07 |
| Can you say Apollo, boys and girls?CodeCurmudgeon | 08/03/07 |
| Just to clarifyWesley Jolly | 08/06/07 |
| death of mass space travelpmjm@... | 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 alikeRecce1 | 08/10/07 |
| Why such long timescales?steve.williams@... | 08/10/07 |
| Well, It is space travel, and it takes huge money...pioneer6800@... | 08/10/07 |
| It takes a long time Stevesamuel.ramos@... | 08/10/07 |
| No, that won't settle it eitherWesley 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 Raceeddie.jones@... | 08/10/07 |
| RE: The new space raceafterhoursman@... | 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 moona.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 mytha.southern@... | 08/16/07 |
| I have a space pen.rclark@... | 08/16/07 |
| space pensa.southern@... | 08/17/07 |
| More Retro thinking than retro rocketsHbuttyr@... | 08/10/07 |
| something old, something new, something borrowed, something bluekaboodle34@... | 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 |
