Mars Cruise Vehicle
August 28, 2012
This set of artist's concepts shows NASA's Mars Science Laboratory cruise capsule and NASA's Orion spacecraft, which is being built now at NASA's Johnson Space Center and will one day send astronauts to Mars. The rover Curiosity is tucked inside of the Mars Science Laboratory cruise vehicle like human beings would be tucked inside Orion.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/JSC
Topics:
Environment, Technology Internet, Mars exploration, Space technology, Spaceflight, Constellation program, Manned mission to Mars, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars, NASA, Unmanned spacecraft, Spacecraft, Mars Science Laboratory, Human spaceflight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center
