Future Missions
As technology brings us new possibilities, NASA is prepared to go where few ever imagined. In many of our lifetimes we will see men and women on the moon. We may watch as humans step foot on Mars for the very first time or some may make that step themselves.
NASA plans to reach the moon through human spaceflight again before the year 2020. This time humans and robots will live and work on the moon, much like they do on the space station now. These moon settlements will pave the wave for manned Mars missions in the not so distant future.
Image at right: Concept Drawing for Orion Spacecraft (courtesy of NASA).
DID YOU KNOW?
The crew module for the upcoming moon mission is called Orion.
