MOON TIMELINE
- 2008: Launch Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- 2010: Last Space Shuttle missions
- 2014: Deadline for Crew Exploration Vehicle
- 2020: Return to Moon
- (1) The heavy-lift Ares 5 rocket blasts off from Earth carrying a lunar lander and a "departure stage"
- (2) Several days later, astronauts launch on an Ares 1 rocket inside their Orion vehicle (CEV)
- (3) The Orion docks with the lander and departure stage in Earth orbit and then heads to the Moon
- (4) Having done its job of boosting the Orion and lunar lander on their way, the departure stage is jettisoned
- (5) At the Moon, the astronauts leave the Orion and enter the lander for the trip to the lunar surface
- (6) After exploring the lunar landscape for seven days, the crew blasts off in a portion of the lander
- (7) In Moon orbit, they re-join the waiting robot-minded Orion and begin the journey back to Earth
- (8) On the way, the service component of the Orion is jettisoned. This leaves just the crew capsule to enter the atmosphere
- (9) A heatshield protects the capsule; parachutes bring it down on dry land, probably in California
1 comment:
i think this is great!
i love nasa's misiions ind i'm following the news about nasa
"my head is in the moon"
popular portuguese expression
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