Sunday, March 27, 2011

The Next Step In Human Space Flight - The Orion Spacecraft


The project, developed by Lockheed Martin, plans a mission to the Lagrangian Point over the far side of the moon in 2018, missions to two asteroids in 2019 and 2029, and a mission to the moons of Mars that would include robotic missions to the Martian surface in 2031-2035.
Definition: Lagrangian Point - one of the five positions in an orbital configuration where a small object affected only by gravity can theoretically be stationary relative to two larger objects (such as a satellite with respect to the Earth and Moon).




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