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  2. What is Orion? - NASA

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    Orion is NASA’s new spacecraft, built to take humans farther into space than they’ve ever gone before. It will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew and provide a safe return to Earth.

  3. Orion (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    The CEV effectively replaced the conceptual Orbital Space Plane (OSP), a proposed replacement for the Space Shuttle. A design competition was held, and the winner was the proposal from a consortium led by Lockheed Martin.

  4. Space Shuttle retirement - Wikipedia

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    The retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet took place from March to July 2011. Discovery was the first of the three active Space Shuttles to be retired, completing its final mission on March 9, 2011; Endeavour did so on June 1. The final shuttle mission was completed with the landing of Atlantis on July 21, 2011, closing the 30-year Space ...

  5. Nasa's Orion spacecraft: A guide - BBC

    www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58609313

    Orion is Nasa's new spaceship for humans, designed to visit destinations such as the Moon and Mars. Here's our guide to America's replacement for the space shuttle.

  6. Why did NASA retire the Space Shuttle? - Astronomy Magazine

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    On May 30, 2020, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, marking the first crewed spaceflight...

  7. This is what America’s new space shuttles look like - Quartz

    qz.com/1283250/see-new-pictures-of-the-spacecraft-elon...

    US astronauts haven’t had their own ride into orbit since the space shuttle was retired in 2011. Two private companies are racing to replace it and become the first to fly astronauts for NASA.

  8. Next-Generation Spaceplanes Are the Cutting-Edge Evolution of the...

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    NASA’s S pace Shuttle operated in low-Earth orbit for 30 years before its retirement in 2011. However, the US space agency’s replacement for this vehicle, Orion, returned to the conical capsule...

  9. A new generation of spaceplanes is taking advantage of the latest...

    theconversation.com/a-new-generation-of-spaceplanes-is...

    Published: February 8, 2024 8:21am EST. Nasa’s space shuttle operated in low-Earth orbit for 30 years before its retirement in 2011. However, the US space agency’s replacement for this vehicle,...

  10. Why There's No Replacement for the Space Shuttle

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    NASA's space shuttles are retiring this year, but America has no spaceship to replace them, leaving many to wonder: Why not? After the wheels of the space shuttle roll to a stop for the final...

  11. Boeing's Starliner OFT-2 mission to the space station: Everything...

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    In 2014, both Boeing and SpaceX received commercial crew development contracts from NASA, together valued at $6.8 billion, to bring astronauts to space as a replacement for NASA's space...