NASA's New Spacecraft: Orion The Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) will serve as our nation'snext generation exploration vehicles to expand human presence to asteroids, the moon, Lagrange points, and ultimately missions to Mars.

Drawing from more than 50 years of spaceflight research and experience, the Orion spacecraft design features dozens of technology innovations to support long-duration deep space missions of up to six months.

Orion's unique life support, propulsion, thermal protection and avionics systemswill enable integration of new technical innovations in the future. The Orion spacecraft includes both crew and service modules, a spacecraft connector, and a launch abort system to ensure the safety of the crew. The Orion crew module can support up to four crew members for short or long-duration Spaceflight missions. The service module is the powerhouse that fuels and propels the spacecraft in addition to the storehouse for the life-sustaining air and water the spacecraft in addition to the storehouse for the life-sustaining air and water astronauts need during their space travels. The service module's structure will also provide places to mount scientific experiments and cargo.

The Orion and SLS will take astronauts farther into the solar system than ever before, continuing America's journey of discovery.

To learn more about human spaceflight at NASA visit www.nasa.gov/exploration

Orion Desk Model Credit: Lockheed Martin

Step 1 Step 2 Crew Module

Fairing

Service Module

Docking Collar

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Solar Array (Black on inside)

Step 4

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Step-by-Step Assembly Diagram Following these steps, align numbered tabs to their corresponding locations in consecutive order.

Solar Array (Black on inside)

Carefully insert Display Stand into 2

slits underneath model

Step 3 Aft Fairing

with High Gain Antenna

Step 5

Starfieldlplanets on inside surface

Fold antenna outward as shown

Assembly from Step 1

Display Stand

Twist planets outward slightly. Do not break off!