Taking Man to Mars: NASA Reveals the Technology Behind Its Orion Capsule

NASA’s Orion program for travel to the moon and beyond

This video from NASA shows the Orion spacecraft and the rocket designed to launch it. For the first time in a generation, NASA is building a new astronaut-carrying spacecraft. Called Orion, this capsule is designed to take explorers further into space than ever before.  Orion is currently being built, and in September, it will be launched (unmanned) for the first time.