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NASA has been working on a deep space capsule for the last 5 years. It is called Orion like Orion’s Belt. It is supposed to have a test launch in 2014 and orbit the Earth at about 5,000 miles away. The main purpose and goal of this capsule is to fly to the moon, Mars, and do some other exploring. It’s said not to be sending men until 2025, but the men for the mission have already started training. The men for this mission currently spent five hundred days in a windowless simulator to that of Orion. The only difference would be that they were actually in space and the no gravity situation. They ate and communicated like they would a real mission. They also ate canned and packaged food like they would in space. The crew seems ready and is extremely excited to be doing this. There are 5 astronauts from different nations and a Chinese engineer that will be going along as well.

Thornhill, T. (2011, November 10). Orion deep space capsule. Retrieved November 10, 2010, from NASA: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2059758/Nasa-announce-2014-test-flight-Orion-deep-space-capsule.html