NASA is just about ready for next week's launch of its most powerful rocket to date. Here's a closer look at the Orion spacecraft it'll be sending to the moon.
NASA is about to perform the maiden launch of its next-generation Space Launch System rocket, the most powerful launch vehicle it’s ever built.
Making astronaut missions possible to the moon, Mars, and beyond is the Orion spacecraft, a vehicle that on its maiden flight next week will perform a crewless flyby of the moon before returning to Earth in a demanding six-week test voyage. The video below offers a detailed look at the new Orion spacecraft, the first to be especially designed for crewed missions to deep space.
Orion also features four seven-meter-long solar wings, with 3,750 solar cells per wing drawing energy from the sun.
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