Question

NASA's new spacecraft for astronauts will carry astronauts into deep space and then return them home to Earth. It will be able to travel to an asteroid or even Mars. Which spacecraft are we talking about?

• A. Soyuz
• B. Orion
• C. Voyager 1
• D. Chang'e 2

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Orion

• NASA’s Orion spacecraft is built to take humans farther than they’ve ever gone before. Orion will serve as the exploration vehicle that will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during the space travel, and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities.
• The mission will pave the way for flights with astronauts beginning in the early 2020s.