Spacecraft
Orion
Crewed Spacecraft
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Orion, also called the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, is a partially reusable crewed spacecraft used by NASA for its Artemis lunar exploration program. It consists of a crew module built by Lockheed Martin and a European Service Module provided by the European Space Agency and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space, and it supports a crew of four beyond low Earth orbit for up to 21 days undocked or up to six months when docked.
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Launch DateDate of Exploration Flight Test-1, the first uncrewed test flight; Orion has not yet flown crewed as of this mint. Cross-Tradition Connections
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