After launch, Orion and crew will first make a high Earth orbit to checkout the spacecraft’s life support systems and then leave Earth to circumnavigate the Moon. The pressure vessel is the crew ...

The anatomy of a deep space vessel So ... Most of Orion's systems can be operated manually by astronauts (in case of emergency) through the glass cockpit interfaces, but the computer systems ...

A new era of space travel is slated to be ushered in during the coming decade with the introduction of the space vessel Orion. Initially, the new ship is supposed to take over shuttle duties to ...