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| NASA Orion Program Patch |
| Emblem of the NASA Orion Program also known as the Crew Exploration Vehicle. |
| Width | 4.5 in |
| Height | 4.0 in |
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| Item# | 04-00Orion |
| Mfg. | AB Emblems |
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This patch is the emblem of the Orion Program component of the NASA Constellation program. It is made by AB Emblems, the NASA Contractor for mission patches. The triangular shape is four(4) inches in diameter.
The Orion spacecraft (aka Crew Exploration Vehicle) is being designed as a manned spacecraft and will go into service after the Space Shuttle is retired in 2010. Orion is currently under development at Lockheed Martin Astronautics in Denver, the Johnson Space Center in Houston, and NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
For more information on the Constellation program, see the NASA Constellation web site.
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NASA Constellation Program
The program to develop the technologies to take humanity back to the Moon and on to Mars has been labeled Constellation.
With the Space Shuttles scheduled for retirement in 2010, Constellation will soon be the most visible NASA activity.
The program currently involves the development of the new lauch vehicles Ares I and Ares V, the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) named Orion, and the Extra Vehicular Systems (aka Space Suits) of the future.
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