- Orion 17
Infobox Space mission
mission_name = Orion 17 &Altair 3
command_module = Orion 17
lunar_module =Altair 3
insignia = Constellation logo white.svg
launch_vehicle = Ares I
launch_pad = Launch Pad 39B
launch = December 2019
lunar_landing = December 2019
landing = December 2019 or January 2020
duration = ~21 days
altitude = ~65 nautical miles (~105 km) in lunar orbit
inclination = ~0 to 30 degrees
distance = TBD
crew_photo =
crew_caption =
previous =Orion 15 &Altair 2 ("lunar", "Human Lunar Return")Orion 16 ("ISS")
next =Orion 18 ("ISS")Orion 19 &Altair 4 ("lunar")Orion 17 is the current name of a manned
NASA lunar landing mission, the second Constellation lunar landing and the eighth human lunar landing by NASA. A landing site has not yet been chosen, but it is likely to be at either the lunar north or south pole, where NASA has decided to build a Lunar outpost, as announced onDecember 4 ,2006 . [ [http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/dec/HQ_06361_ESMD_Lunar_Architecture.html NASA] ]The mission is planned to last approximately twenty-one days. Orion 17 will be launched by an
Ares I fromKennedy Space Center 's pad 39B. It will dock in Low Earth Orbit with a package made of anEarth Departure Stage (EDS) and the third Altair. This package will have been launched a few weeks earlier by anAres V . The space assembly will be injected towards the Moon by the EDS.References
ee also
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List of Constellation missions
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