Project Orion was a study of a spacecraft intended to be directly propelled by a series of explosions of atomic bombs behind the craft (Nuclear pulse propulsion)
A space shuttle. Also, it would be the Orion spacecraft if Obama had not cancelled the Constellation program.
A reusable spacecraft
John Glenn's spacecraft was called Friendship 7
There are no current American manned spacecrafts flying today. Lockheed Martin is designing and testing the Orion spacecraft which will fly 4 astronauts into space. The first unmanned testflight is scheduled at the end of 2013. Orion is scheduled to fly the first men to the moon since 1972in 2019.
The command module is called Orion.
The Orion project has been canceled by Congress and the administration.
Orion capsule
Yes
Project Orion was a study of a spacecraft intended to be directly propelled by a series of explosions of atomic bombs behind the craft (Nuclear pulse propulsion)
The first manned Orion mission is expected to be some time in 2015; though there will be several more unmanned test flights before then.
A space shuttle. Also, it would be the Orion spacecraft if Obama had not cancelled the Constellation program.
Because it looks like the belt of the hunter Orion, as depicted in the stars of the constellation Orion.
A reusable spacecraft
John Glenn's spacecraft was called Friendship 7
Yes they are launched by the Orion spacecraft (space shuttle's replacement)around 2020 and people will be on the rover for 2-8 days and finally return to the Orion module and go back to earth.
Orion is sometimes called the Warrior.