US, Europe team up for moon fly-by
- Published: 17 Jan 2013 at 12.45
- Online news: World
The US and European space agencies announced a new partnership pairing a European cargo module with NASA's Orion space capsule, which aims to take astronauts into deep space.
This artist's impression provided by NASA and the European Space Agency shows the Orion capsule and the service module in Earth orbit. The US and European space agencies on Wednesday announced a new partnership pairing a European cargo module with NASA's Orion space capsule, which aims to take astronauts into deep space.
The agreement covers Orion's first planned mission, set for 2017, which will take the spacecraft on an unmanned fly-by around the moon.
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