NASA's Orion Moonship Site

"Orion will succeed the space shuttle as NASA's primary vehicle for human space exploration. Orion's first flight with astronauts onboard is planned for no later than 2014 to the International Space Station. Its first flight to the moon is planned for no later than 2020."

The galaxy lies on Orion's belt. Well, not really, but Orion is looking pretty spiffy!

"The spacecraft will return humans to the moon to stay for long periods as a testing ground for the longer journey to Mars."

Ho ho ho! Mars!

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