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Leadership and management of NASA space operations related to human exploration in and beyond low Earth orbit.
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And So We Begin Again
05.07.13 - The roar of a 5,000 pound rocket engine has returned to the Johnson Space Center.
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Orion Undergoes Testing
05.06.13 - The Orion crew module is being put through a series of tests that simulate the loads the spacecraft would experience during its mission.
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Final Orion Reaction Control System Pod Arrives
05.03.13 - The last of eight reaction control system pods for NASA’s Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 arrived this week at Kennedy Space Center’s Operations and Checkout Building.
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NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves into Development
05.16.13 - NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016.
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Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser Testing Begins at NASA Dryden, Langley
05.15.13 - Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems Dream Chaser flight vehicle arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., Wednesday to begin tests of its flight and runway landing systems.
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Exploration at NASA
› Learn more about the initiative
NASA is developing a first-ever mission to identify, robotically capture and redirect a small asteroid into a stable orbit in the lunar vicinity where humans can visit it.
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This is the beginning of a new era in space exploration where we will build the capabilities to send humans deeper into space than ever before.
› Voyages: Charting the Course for Sustainable Human Space Exploration
This report articulates NASA's multi-destination human space exploration strategy using a capability-driven approach.
