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    The Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) was a component of the U.S. NASA Vision for Space Exploration plan. A competition was held to design a spacecraft that...
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    conceived in the early 2000s by Lockheed Martin as a proposal for the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) to be used in NASA's Constellation program and was selected...
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    Crew Exploration Vehicle named Orion conducting crew rotation flights to the International Space Station (ISS) in addition to its lunar exploration goals...
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    Ares I (redirect from Crew Launch Vehicle)
    Ares I was the crew launch vehicle that was being developed by NASA as part of the Constellation program. The name "Ares" refers to the Greek deity Ares...
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    Orbital Space Plane Program (category Crewed spacecraft)
    gained on the OSP to the development of the Crew Exploration Vehicle. A small, low-cost 'Assured Crew Return Vehicle' (ACRV) had been envisaged for the International...
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    Shuttle and the first crewed mission of the Crew Exploration Vehicle. NASA's "Lunar Architecture" forms a key part of its Global Exploration Strategy, also known...
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    The Space Exploration Vehicle (SEV) is a modular vehicle concept developed by NASA from 2008 to 2015. It would have consisted of a pressurized cabin that...
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    Artemis II (redirect from Artemis II crew)
    the first crewed mission to venture beyond low Earth orbit and travel to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. Initially designated as Exploration Mission-2...
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    proposed alternative super heavy lift launch vehicle architecture supporting NASA's Vision for Space Exploration that would replace the space agency's planned...
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  • CEV (section Vehicles)
    organization Crew Exploration Vehicle, NASA's proposed human spaceflight system, now known as Orion Combat engineering vehicle, armoured vehicles supporting...
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    Artemis program (category Exploration of the Moon)
    Launch System as a follow-on launch vehicle to the Space Shuttle, and continued development of a Crew Exploration Vehicle to be capable of supporting missions...
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    The Crew Return Vehicle (CRV), sometimes referred to as the Assured Crew Return Vehicle (ACRV), was a proposed dedicated lifeboat or escape module for...
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    Constellation program (category Exploration of the Moon)
    October 13, 2006. Retrieved July 6, 2009. "NASA Selects Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle Prime Contractor" (Press release). NASA. August 31, 2006. Archived...
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    woefully underfunded. The only element worth continuing was the Crew Exploration Vehicle in the role of a space station escape capsule. This led in 2010...
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    Sprint, and is planned to be incorporated into NASA's upcoming Crew Exploration Vehicle. Nomex has been used as an acoustic material in Troy, NY, at Rensselaer...
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    eventually making crewed missions to Mars and beyond feasible. To date, missions in the program are aimed at exploration of the Moon, including crewed and robotic...
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    consisting of only one powered stage. Ares I vehicles were intended to launch Orion crew exploration vehicles. Along with the Ares V launch system and the...
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    for a Crew Exploration Vehicle developed in parallel by two competing teams. These changes were proposed in an internal study called the Exploration Systems...
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  • Thiokol (category Tracked vehicles)
    known as the "Crew Exploration Vehicle") into low Earth orbit, along with the five-segment SRBs for the heavy-lift Cargo Launch Vehicle (CaLV), known...
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  • transformation of the Crew Exploration Vehicle into the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and the switch of the launch vehicle from Ares I (with its perennial...
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    Spaceflight with a crew or passengers Uncrewed spaceflight – Autonomous space travel without human Remote sensing of Earth Exploration of the Moon Apollo...
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    Spectrograph) and a major contributor to the "new exploration focus" as a participant in the Orion crew exploration vehicle. Although Ames is a NASA Research Center...
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    constructed, following the atmospheric test vehicle Enterprise. The orbiter contained the crew compartment, where the crew predominantly lived and worked throughout...
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    lunar economy, and eventually sending humans to Mars. The Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle was held over from the canceled Constellation program for Artemis...
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  • It joined the team led by Lockheed Martin for a bid on NASA's Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), being in charge of the craft's Mission Module. The team...
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    Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems as an engineering manager on the Crew Exploration Vehicle project. Prior to entering active duty in the United States Air...
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    Lockheed Martin (category Unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturers)
    2006. Spires, Shelby (April 28, 2009). "NASA slashes Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle crew size to four". al.com. Alabama Media Group. Retrieved October...
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    original on May 24, 2009. Retrieved 2006-09-21. "NASA Selects Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle Prime Contractor". NASA. 2006-08-31. Archived from the original...
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    Kennedy Space Center and in the Exploration Branch in support of the selection of the Orion crew exploration vehicle. He also served as the NASA Director...
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    Space exploration is the process of utilizing astronomy and space technology to investigate outer space. While the exploration of space is currently carried...
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