400 miles
Longer than any before
To Mars
3,600-mile
3,600 miles
The agency's newest manned spaceship will make a journey how long?
11
Thirty
2011
30
Three
3
The U.S. space shuttle program lasted for how many years?
3,600
400 times
400 miles
400 times faster
How much faster is Orion's computer to the space shuttle's computer?
Three  years
2011
2014
2012
2010
2018
In what year is Orion expected to launch?
Service Module
United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket
NASA's least powerful rocket
Apollo
Gemini
What kind of rocket will launch Orion into space?
Orion comes loaded with superlatives
Farther than anyone has gone before
Save the crew from a jarring crash
Test systems
It will allow NASA to travel into deep space, because it is loaded with superlatives
Hitchhike
Travel beyond Mars
Into deep space
Test the spacecraft's systems for future manned missions because it is the largest heat shield ever built and a computer 400 times faster than the ones on the space shuttles
What will the Orion allow NASA to do and why?
There won't be noastronauts on it
It will ride one of the most powerful rocket NASA has ever designed
The service module can perform various functions
NASA's successor is almost ready to make an entrance
Its computere is less than 400 times faster than the shuttle's
The crew compartment will ride on the tip of the rocket rather than hanging onto its side, evoking the configuration of the famous Apollo or Gemini missions
It returns the astronauts to being on top of the rocket
The Orion has the largest heat shield ever built and a computer 400 times faster than the ones on the space shuttles, and it will be launched into space on the most powerful rocket NASA has ever made
It has the largest heat shield
It can travel 3,600 miles
What is significant about the Orion?
The advantage of riding on the tip of the rocket ranter than the side
The spacecraft's systems for future manned missions
American astronauts to hitchhike into orbit
The spacecraft's speed
What will the December flight test?
Thrusters
Cargo storage
Abort system, with downward-facing thrusters that would save the crew from a jarring crash in the event of a rocket malfunction
Cushioning for the crew
Downward-facing thristers
At the top of the ship, there will be a launch abort system, with downward-facing thrusters that would save the crew from a jarring crash in the event of a rocket malfunction
Will perform various functions such as in-space propulsion and cargo storage
What does the abort system include?
Gemeni
Orion
Delta IV
Space shuttle
Apollo
What is NASA's new spaceship called?
Spire and round base
LAS and SM
Propulsion and cargo storage
Fencing foil, with a tall spire
The launch abort system and the service module
The crew module is nestled between which two systems or modules?
Orion
Delta IV
Space shuttle
Apollo
Gemini
What is the name of NASA's successor to the retired 2011 space shuttle program?
Zero
Many astronauts will be aboard
0
Three
3,600
How many astronauts will be aboard Orion's first mission?
Not clear
2011
December
NASA's the Space Shuttle's successor has its first mission in what month?
30 years in 2011
2011
6 years
Three long years
(assuming this test will be given in 2018) 3 years
How long has it been since Orion's first launch?
Abort system
Crew module
Service module
Launch abort system
Bottom Portion
The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket will be attached to what portion of the spaceship?
Smaller heat shield compared to the previous shuttle
Largest heat shield ever built
Fencing foil
A computer 400 x faster than the shuttle's
Superlatives
Astronauts
The agency's newest manned spaceship comes loaded with what?
11
Three  years
2011
35
30 years, from 1981 to 2011
3
For how many years was the previous space shuttle in use?
No
Yes
No astronauts will be aboard
American astronauts to hitchhike into orbit
Will any astronauts be aboard NASA's newest manned spaceship for its December flight?
It will journey into deep space -- to Mars and beyond
2011
3,600 mile journey
The month before December, the spacecraft's systems
Its first mission is in December, and will test the spacecraft's systems for future manned missions
Deep space exploration
December flight, which will test the spacecraft's systems for future manned missions
When is the Orion's first mission and what will it test?
Farther than anyone before
Mars
Kennedy Space Center
Space
On a 3.600 mile journey
Into deep space
Where will Orion journey?
(CNN) -- The U.S. space shuttle program retired in 2011, leaving American astronauts to hitchhike into orbit. But after three long years, NASA's successor is almost ready to make an entrance. Orion, the agency's newest manned spaceship, is being prepared for its first mission in December. In future missions, it will journey into deep space -- to Mars and beyond -- farther than humans have ever gone before. Orion comes loaded with superlatives. It boasts the largest heat shield ever built and a computer 400 times faster than the ones on the space shuttles. It will be launched into space on the most powerful rocket NASA has ever made. No astronauts will be aboard the December flight, which will test the spacecraft's systems for future manned missions. Final work on the spacecraft is under way at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orion came one step closer to completion this month with the stacking of the crew module atop the service module. "Now that we're getting so close to launch, the spacecraft completion work is visible every day," Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer said in a statement. A 3,600-mile journey When complete, the Orion capsule will resemble a fencing foil, with a tall spire shooting up from a rounded base. At the top will sit a launch abort system, with downward-facing thrusters that would save the crew from a jarring crash in the event of a rocket malfunction. The bottom portion, the service module, will perform various functions such as in-space propulsion and cargo storage. Nestled between the two will be the crew module, capable of supporting human life from launch until recovery. Attached to the service module will be a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. For the first time since the space shuttle's debut launch in 1981, the crew compartment will ride on the tip of the rocket rather than hanging onto its side, evoking the configuration of the famous Apollo or Gemini missions. 