Peek Inside NASA's Orion Spacecraft - Exclusive Tour

Space.com's Tariq Malik tours the interior of NASA's Orion spacecraft mock-up at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.

[@Voyager_AU]

I really like that the seats can fold up to give them more space.

[@libertas12]

Yes. The one thing, why I would never want to go to space is the lack of space.

[@imthefuckinglizardking4590]

@@libertas12so many things about space travel give me anxiety I would need like my body weight in xanax for a year long trip.

[@Mauromoustakos]

I dont want to imagine how compact will be the toilet. @@libertas12

[@bkreativepainting7461]

What the guy said about the apollo seats was actually a lie, the apollo capsule seats could be locked into different positions to allow for more space and maneuverability Indeed the center seat in the apollo capsule could be removed completely and stowed away, and with the lunar module attached, more "real estate" opened up, also taking a lack of gravity into account, an additional dimension of space opens up adding more space Those apollo astronauts had way more space than these chumps made it out to be

[@bkreativepainting7461]

@@libertas12 i love space.. I'd be happy to leave earth and never return if I knew the end destination was mars or the moon or orbit or a colony planet

[@partiid]

Why does this have onl 10 000 views? it's so interesting to see the interior of this space craft

[@dgrantreiter]

yes

[@dinorei7364]

The minority is not ignorant.

[@rashmijoshi5763]

Definitely 👍

[@michealnyers184]

Because people don't care about these types of interesting things anymore

[@illusions8946]

I call this Educational Quality Content

[@mikimisko6753]

i call this misleading education and nasa magic,.i surpised, i cant see scotch tape

[@sonnydelight5737]

I call this "A guy who I wouldn't trust to sweep a floor correctly" explains the inside of a claustrophobic death trap.

[@Njjstudio]

This is so cool! Thanks for uploading such a insightful tour of the orion! I've been watching all of the nasa stuff on youtube as research for my space comic! Maybe it'll inspire future astronauts !

[@nicholasproietto2500]

This thing looks like an antique compared to the Space x Dragon.

[@Galm1Cipher0]

That actually a good thing

[@PRR5406]

In essence, it's Apollo, but bigger, lighter, and roomier. They've learned the lessons required to have an all around vehicle to go to the moon and Mars, but it's really Apollo. Glad the shuttles are retired, being limited, costly, dangerous space vehicles. They did look cool, but were really impractical for what needs to be accomplished in space.

[@respectdawildo_danjones508]

50 years later Apollo with screens, real advanced…. Smh

[@njengakim]

No way this thing goes to Mars by itself. You need more room. Imagine being cooped up in this with three other guys on a six month journey to Mars. You need more space for storage and better sleeping quarters.

[@Studio23Media]

Too bad it costs $8 billion and a disposable rocket to get this thing into space. That's unacceptable in 2022.

[@marcelloziglioli8954]

@@Studio23Media 🤓

[@raptorwhite6468]

​@@njengakim They will have additional habitat module, which I think will increase their space at least thrice

[@phucdatbich1990]

Interesting they can make larger windows so strong, what are they made of ?

[@YannyPQ]

This video rocks!!!

[@vikranttyagiRN]

Wow this was a really fantastic video. I always wondered how the orion capsule looks like from the inside. Thanks for providing quality content

[@hikesystem7721]

Great video, thank you! My only complaint is the shaky part in beginning...I'd love to see that part of the capsule in focus

[@50buttfish]

Are there going to be HD video cameras on-board & on the exterior while transitting the moon?

[@SteveH-TN]

Thanks for sharing this video was interesting & informative

[@Mr.Deleterious]

The controls operate the Reaction Control System.

[@robinj.9329]

It all looks so spartin and primative even! I hope all who travel in this are safe!

[@ChrisTopheRaz]

Primitive? How so?

[@104thDIVTimberwolf]

If NASA needs some "live ballast" to test these with, sign me up!

[@charcoal386]

Im excited for the future

[@flavialoriao8428]

nasa espacial é d+ amo todos os filmes queria trabalhar lá.

[@Mauromoustakos]

So, if I understood correctly, in the current position of the capsule before launch, the astronauts are lying on their back, on what is now the pavement of the capsule. Those aluminium parts we see in the video, is where they should put their legs. Right? But wasn't supposed to be 7 astronauts?

[@Smasher77th]

6 astronauts. They put their feet on the metal stuff that looks like a mesh. There are two rows of seats. The second row is below the first row (when the capsule is flying horizontally). www.google.com/search?hl=en&authuser=0&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=653&ei=mXSQXNrUMNKl_QbguJ-4CQ&q=orion+spacecraft+interior&oq=Orion+spacec&gs_l=img.1.1.0l10.3369.11509..15106...0.0..0.71.738.13......2....1..gws-wiz-img.....0..35i39.N9dLgHXeLQg#imgdii=JP_xnjUGfB2deM:&imgrc=AxD9DCNvwDEcQM:

[@titanium7012]

Originally 6 astronauts for ISS missions but that was cancelled in favour of commercial crew in 2010.

[@catsupchutney]

Where to put the cannons for the Space Force?

[@toscodav]

You watch too much Star Trek. hahhaha

[@MyJudyKim]

No out dated Cannons will be used in space force. Particle Energy beams and Nuclear fusion will be use?

[@wilflundy]

😂

[@theundead1600]

Ha ha. Nice. But yea thats one thing pushed since Regan that I know for sure. Anything trump says you got read, because when he says it it loses coherncy. Like the army, split to make the air force it makes sense to ave a dedicated space force to for a while any way. Army corps of engineers, the air force have done lot of civilian missions. Same will most likely go for space forces. And you got to believe such a military force has been considered by India, China, Russia, its logical. Or maybe I've been awake to long. Have a good night.

[@robertlane6382]

@@theundead1600 Isn't a Space Force a violation of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967? No space based weapon systems it says.

Thank you

[@michaelmason4528]

Do they have an SCE to AUX switch?

[@chrisantoniou4366]

Question... Why do we need a "Gateway" station at the Moon? Surely a command module can dock directly with a lander and the lander can be fuelled independently once it's back in orbit around the Moon. It seems to me that the "gateway" is completely redundant.

[@Studio23Media]

The idea is to have a more permanent "command module," as the goal is to establish permanent settlement on the moon.

[@chrisantoniou4366]

@@Studio23Media I understand what you are saying, but how is that possible? A command module will need a crew to get to the "gateway" in the first place and could just as easily orbit the Moon (and more efficiently, quickly and economically) without it. I'm not arguing against a permanent settlement on the Moon, but I am questioning the need for a gateway as necessary or desirable to make a Moon settlement happen. When you analyse the gateway project, there isn't a single thing that the gateway can do which can't be done more efficiently, quickly, safely and/or economically on Earth, in Earth orbit, or on the surface of the Moon.

[@Studio23Media]

@@chrisantoniou4366 Again, the idea is to build a small space station in between the Earth and moon. A translunar bus stop of sorts. I admit I am not qualified to criticize the plan, but I thought it seemed unnecessary at first. But at this point, I'm struggling to even be excited about Artemis at all, thanks to that expensive piece of shit rocket.

[@chrisantoniou4366]

@@Studio23Media Well, we certainly agree on the SLS... As for being the most expensive rocket, it will be if it ever gets off the ground, but until then it's the biggest white elephant. On a more serious note, I know what the "gateway" intends to achieve, but no one can explain how anything it will be able to do can't be done quicker, more easily, safer, more efficiently and/or cheaper from the Earth's surface, Earth orbit, or on the Moon's surface. Quite literally a useless, expensive and dangerous piece of kit... which is probably why it is the perfect match for SLS... :D

[@imthefuckinglizardking4590]

Why are they using a capsule instead of something like a new version of the space shuttle?

[@autumn702]

You can't land the space shuttle on the Moon or the Mars.

[@guillermohoffmann8417]

@@autumn702 neither with this one...

[@fabiogentile53]

It was too heavy to actually go to the moon, its heat shirld was not strong enough and it was not as safe as orion

[@lisamccrary3202]

Deep space gate way?

[@garypugh1153]

Today is sept 14,2018....,,when will this fly to orbit with men ? I'm 66. Get it going.

[@purple00k]

Gary Pugh lool

[@a7xgh442]

Probably not until after 2020

[@guillermohoffmann8417]

2023 is the year + 1.......... decade. LMFAO

[@DJ-bh1ju]

I'm 54 and watched the moon landing in '69. I'm still waiting for NASA to get that far again... Elon's people will leave the light on for them.....

[@datathunderstorm]

Much sooner than you think. Hopefully. I followed Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle programmes. In the 1970s, I was convinced we would have cities on the Moon by the year 2001. I expected myself or my kids to be working on the Moon or LEO by 2018. Disappointed. I hope we can get established out there once more, and kickstart humankind’s expansion to other worlds - as the technologies involved will also make this world a better place - pretty much like past space exploration technologies have done ☺️

[@captainpharaoh]

Ok, my only question: How come Orion still has lots of physical switches while Crew Dragon has a streamlined touchscreen console that takes up less space?

[@Kasmuller]

Orion started developememt many years ago, probably over a decade ago. I don't know how much has changed since it last flew 6 and a half years ago, but peobably mostly the same

[@SpaceTime773]

physical switches are much safer than digital ones, in case of an emergency like apollo 13, they dont need power to use them

[@_K3PLR]

Switches are much more desirable imo, especially for redundancy if screens go offline

[@relaxation-connection]

no cushions on the seats? crews can sit on the pad for hours waiting to launch

[@garypugh1153]

A very nice apollo capsule 😎

[@colinmontgomery5492]

Seriously. That's basically what this is. 50 years later, we're back where we started.

[@colinmontgomery5492]

@pjd412 , why would you say only one form will work? So, there can never be any other design of spacecraft? Doesn't the Russian Soyuz bear this out to be false?

[@adamanderson3042]

@@colinmontgomery5492 The Russian soyuz reentry module is the same shape just smaller.

[@masonreaves6091]

It's almost identical to it

[@colinmontgomery5492]

@@adamanderson3042, they both have bluff re-entry portions, but I would not describe the Soyuz module as conical.

[@Star_Gate123]

my favorite space ship!

[@lisamccrary3202]

Space port around the moon?

[@PMW3]

Will the Orion capsule be reusable?

[@tmlrobotics5446]

yes

[@TheFiscallySound]

@@tmlrobotics5446 HA! Not as currently designed. It was originally designed to land on land where it would not be exposed to salt water. Now .. it will land on the water.

[@tmlrobotics5446]

@@TheFiscallySound still designed to be reusable

[@TheFiscallySound]

@@tmlrobotics5446 In an article dated August 2, 2018 NASA Administrator Jim BridenstineIn in response to a question about reusability noted that the Orion spacecraft has some potential for reuse. NASA has designed the deep-space capsule such that its avionics and costly computer boxes can be pulled out and put into new spacecraft, and, eventually, the space agency would like to reuse the Orion structure as well. I don't call this wishful thinking that it has "potential" and pulling out parts for use in another spacecraft a "Reusable spacecraft".

[@kdmigloo]

Yes, It can be dropped many times from a C 130.

[@SuperTrainStationH]

Its hilarious to watch people who know nothing about spaceflight criticizing Orion for having buttons and switches on its control panel. Yeah why on earth would someone want reliable controls that are guaranteed to trigger upon activation and can interface directly with the systems of the vehicle when you can make it 100% touch screen tablet based just because it's "newer"? Maybe we should get rid of steering wheels on cars too, thats old technology, right?

[@celticfreemason9721]

That was AWESOME! Healthy Sarcasm at its best. Hats off to you, sir.

[@fabiogentile53]

Finally a good comment

[@joey5821]

That dude is kneeling down. I don't know how 4 people can fit in there not going crazy.

[@genericfakename8197]

Been looking forward to seeing it fly since 2011. Looks like Dragon and Starliner are going to beat Orion to the punch of being the first crewed orbital spacecraft to launch from America since STS-135.

[@alrightydave]

And you’d be right Starliner yet to do it but will do crewed flight before Orion

[@hankwvu]

Crazy thing is, we went from not even getting off the ground to landing on the moon in the about the same time it has taken from the shuttle retirement to even getting a crew to fly in this thing. Ugh.

[@ChrisTopheRaz]

That’s easy lol. We had a massive budget for NASA back then and a motivation to keep ourselves competitively on top of our communist enemies in Russia.

[@jennifercarruth2811]

It's 2022 right now and I heard they were launching a live stream of the sls launching to the moon in Sept,8 2022

[@colinmontgomery5492]

So, this is it. The best our best and brightest have developed. All of these years, all the decades, the experience, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, the shuttle, the orbiter, the I.S.S., the EVAs, everything. What the hell are they doing? This is basically an Apollo Command Module. In 1961, no human being had been in Space, within eight years, they were on the Moon! What the hell are they doing?! Where is the daring?! The boldness!? A clear direction! Let's go to Mars!

[@testchannelpleaseignore2452]

This, there is nothing innovative about Orion, its just an uprated Apollo capsul. No knew technology no clever design. NASA has had 30 years of experiencw flying space shuttles and 50 years of R&D and the best they come up with us leterally nothing

[@williamjohnson3093]

Russians still use Soyuz, Apollo is a tried and true design

[@user-mr1um1cg5v]

The question I couldn’t help asking when watching this: so decades of engineering, beautiful spacecraft, one flight and you’re going to throw it away, then build another one, throw that one away, and so on?

[@a7xgh442]

V 14 ikr but at least the capsule is reusable :)

[@TheFiscallySound]

@@a7xgh442 No! Not as currently designed. It is now going to be exposed to salt water when it lands.

[@a7xgh442]

TheFiscallySound oh oops

[@odysseyvoyager2354]

@@TheFiscallySound They will be eventually reusable, its confirmed.

[@_mikolaj_]

Orion is pretty much second reusable american space capsule

[@deafenziv3596]

Lol “on the mars”

[@censortube3778]

Wow, it's way bigger than Apollo, it almost looks like they could have an airlock in the hatchway. Still, there is a romance to Apollo that will never be beat but here's hoping we get back to the moon in not too long

[@dj6769]

The shuttle design was expensive and built to stay that way possibly retired for that and many more reasons but another was the cargo bay carried many things to space we’ll never know about. The Apollo design was for carrying personnel not equipment and has already tested to be a reliable vehicle with an escape design unlike the shuttles. I find this very interesting but I’m not intrigued enough to get into any STS it’s high risk any way you slice it once you leave earths surface.

[@paulhorn2665]

Well this capsule design looks so 1970s, maybe they found some old Apollo drawings laying around and dated the DSKY up a bit? Compared with Dragon capsule this capsule look like stone-age. Well 50s ago NASA was superb, but this is whats their finest now? A XXL-Apollo capsule with some flat screens...sure?

[@titanium7012]

In the 2000s they were looking for designs for their CEV and Some proposals looked like mini shuttles but it was ditched because the engineers decided the apollo capsule shape is the best for the type of mission they were going for

[@TheDuke-vb9cq]

Engineers with limited volcabulary. The word he's looking for (in the first minute or so) is "Ergonomics" !

[@dantebregan5864]

Es muy pequeña para un viaje a Marte .

[@askhowiknow5527]

Dante Bregan Por eso usarán algo más para Marte.

[@DirtyLilHobo]

To the Moon and back is one thing but that Mars mission will be extremely difficult. The enormous distance and length of time just getting there is just unimaginable. If anything should go wrong outbound that’s a recipe for disaster. We can send machines to Mars and distant planets, no problem. But, a manned mission is entirely different in that a life sustaining environment must be maintained throughout the entire duration. Mars atmosphere is ninety_five percent CO2 and oxygen is a mere trace element. It will take months just to get there and months to return to Earth. Orion is not the Starship Enterprise but we have to start somewhere. I see a very high probability of failure due to the extreme distance, fuel and life support limitations, and the extreme length of time life support must be maintained...

[@mouseowl5000]

Nice looking microwave

[@Semyon_Semyonych]

It is so 20th century, so yesteryear...

[@stormsfromcalifornia4379]

whens the next test flight

[@titanium7012]

Q3 2020

[@f3p]

*Q4

[@jmjdeist]

Why are the seats metal? That's a lot of weight, so must be for some reason

[@MrMa1981]

Are you NASA engineer?

[@gogopedia]

Nasa.. have many special n unique machine craft

[@britishrocklovingyank3491]

Nope! Too small for even an hour. This is for women and men braver than me.

[@bluegleam8168]

@Good Krypollo I could do it I think

[@wrench697]

I could survive 120 years in there

[@GiveMeAnOKUsername]

I think it’s more claustrophobic than Apollo, in which you could hide behind the seats.

[@great_42]

Great job👍

[@firemanmfd]

Amazing that someone that is so space illiterate is a managing editor of a space publication.

[@jasons44]

Seems like two many windows

[@rgerber]

Will the astronauts wear a red helmet like this guy?

[@warhawk2001]

After so many decades with so many advances we build a capsule just slightly bigger than the original one ... Were did you spend your money ?

[@charlesvan13]

It doesn't help to make it bigger than it has to be. The launch vehicle can only lift so much weight. A bigger capsule would mean less ability to carry tools, experiments, or rocks back to Earth.

[@SwitchDude]

4:50 nice windows, earth rise?

[@runnwiturunnwitme5817]

With camera systems having panoramic multi views seems obsolete to putting windows on crafts nowadays. Thinking can be compromised by orbiting debris in space. Just my thoughts!!

[@despayeeto_5936]

Cameras add weight, which make the spacecraft heavier, and therefore you need a bigger rocket.

[@flippert0]

Since Kubrick's '2001' we all know how complicated space toilets can get.

[@shaggyguzman6692]

Orion is moon bound tonight!

[@MsSamtari]

Just simply question, just one, how cost?

[@toscodav]

At least a million I would think. this stuff aint cheap son.

[@dhruv1863]

@@toscodav Atleast a million. This thing is above 40 million

[@cubanpete5131]

Awesome this a Cadillac compare to the original Apollo 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@OutaDark]

Translational hand controllers... Umm.. aren't they joysticks?

[@erickrios1095]

Is too simple! But if apollo work i think this is gona work too

[@Baseshocks]

To the moon yes, to mars no.

[@mlesnoski]

It's never leaving the ground with crew.

[@Coocoocachoo809]

I think we'll be talking Starship when going to mars. This is certainly dependent on continued trajectory of success with Starship.

[@allgood6760]

Thanks👍🇳🇿

[@jaydeeppatil1488]

Those sharp and hard things ...nobody would want to get tumbling

[@Fenris30]

We went from an Ordutal Capsule to a fleet of Space Shuttles back to an orbital capsule again. "Progress"?

[@despayeeto_5936]

There's a reason they returned to the capsule design. Remember Columbia? You want that to happen again? NASA certainly doesn't.

[@buttafan4010]

Why not ask about the Orion's Van Allen Belt radiation shielding?

[@guillermohoffmann8417]

just because they won't venture far from LEO...

[@niallkinsella2687]

Why bother asking about something that was tested and approved four years ago?

[@kdmigloo]

Wont be a problem in Greenland.

[@solerso68]

Why don't you use shielding when you heat up your loony-chow in a microwave? Its about the same level of "risk".. Anyone who can read ; ) .... can see that the van allen belt presenting non sequential risk has been experimentally verified about 3000 times since the 1950's - which was the last time anyone with a functional brain identified VAB radiation as a significant risk to astronauts ..Let me give you a primer ...the VAB is mostly alpha radiation, the particles of which wont even effectively penetrate a piece of aluminum foil (just like one of your erections) ....Now run along and bring up that old laugher to someone who doesn't know any better ...someone at.church probably.

[@digdougedy]

@@solerso68 NASA quote on their Orion presentation.. the Van Allen beats are "an area of dangerous radiation" and " we need to develop ways of protecting astronauts from the VAB". Obviously they forgot how they did it 7 times 50 years ago.

[@AltiTheController]

Cool

[@mitseraffej5812]

I guess one day all the insight and discoveries that theoretical physicist make in their labs and giant particle accelerators will do away with the current technologies and give man kind a true ability to travel the cosmos. The current state of the art is in essence no different than the first steam train. That is “burn and squirt” This will never “cut the mustard” when it come to the size and distances involved. However I’m sure the work being done and knowledge gained by NASA and the commercial players will play a part though. Let’s hope that man kind survives long enough to put it all to good use.

[@sithticklefingers7255]

0:28 “human factors Experiments” Translation: we’re in the process of idiot-proofing the capsule.

[@user-qe4cl1kc9b]

Hi

[@venkuzephyr]

"*high pitched* great!"

[@SpaceDudeCosmo]

tacking always felt scary when sailing especialy when your inside the vaccum of space

[@rodrigocastro6941]

Just imagine things that humankind could accomplish if there weren't wars and conflicts on the way

[@hive71recordinz89]

Yeh ok

[@3475883]

Is that dude's head that big or is that a toy hard hat?

[@Cultleader1984]

seats look really uncomfortable

[@flashlight9635]

we still so far to see and make spacecrafts like movies 😭😭

[@3gunslingers]

Wait until the BFR from SpaceX is up and running.

[@JanMan37]

Imagine going to mars on that tiny metal container!

[@redfightblue]

With the announcement today I was thinking the same thing. The Moon mission will be 21 days. 4 people for 21 days in that tiny space. Apollo 8 was more cramped but only 6 days.

[@superdau]

"With the ability for the crew to interfact ... interact with the control system". I guess "interfere" is the word you were looking for. ;)

[@ImTheJellyMan]

no, interact is the right word there

[@joevignolor4u949]

You want the crew to be able to interact with he control system in case something goes wrong or if something changes. What can actually happen is that the manual inputs are integrated into to automatic control system to influence how it operates.

[@vladworldzmason8244]

Same all same just a little shinier.

[@edwinpaulino6674]

What if The Orion Capsules Failed In Space Due To Apollo 13

[@odysseusrex5908]

Exploration 2 module, "Takes humans back to the Moon for the first time since 1972." Unless, of course, SpaceX or the Chinese do it first. Even if Orion does repeat Apollo 8 before BFR is flying, BFR is totally leapfrogging Orion's technology even as we speak. It will be obsolete very shortly after, if not actually before, it ever flies.

[@felixnuwahid9879]

As claustrophobic, I can't go to Mars with this things

[@joevignolor4u949]

No one is going to Mars in this thing. Orion is just a ferry vehicle to take the crew to a "Deep Space Gateway". From there a larger, more specialized vehicle transports them to their destination (like Mars) and back to the Gateway. Then Orion brings them back to earth.

[@OfficialSayyeau]

space x is years ahead

[@srinitaaigaura]

Give it to SpaceX and let them do the interiors alone. Capusle is nice and big.

[@fousiyashaju6699]

@sribitaaiguara, i has been obsessed with SLS & orion for years, and i have found out sls can carry both cargo & crew can be launched in a single SLS, and orion also has lots of space and nice interiors as well as touch screens. Spacex is years behind NADA

[@_mikolaj_]

That's big thing

[@sharadshelar]

I would rather pay $50 or $100 to get a 'near real' space flight simulator experience which will not only show me the views of earth from the stratosphere but also views of low orbit fly-by, touchdown on moon, mars and other space wonders. You can make a real size replica of a non flying space capsule - starliner, both interior and exterior, keep it on a mount inside a big elliptical shaped room whose walls and floor are created with ultra high definition infinity view screens mimicking "out of window" 3 dimensional realistic views e.g. space horizon, close up of earth, moon, mars, comets etc in the same way space travelers view it from inside the spacecraft window. With mechanical movements of the craft, pre-recorded scenes and sounds you can recreate the same experience one gets in space i.e. the launch - in flight and touchdown (barring zero gravity) in the same way as actual space flight. #spaceForEveryone Mix of VR (recordings) and Actual reality (sitting inside dummy but moving craft ) creating most realistic space flight experience

[@hermannf.1612]

This is an increased Apollo capsule for going to orbit (whatever low or high) and returning to Earth the old fashioned way. It may be also reusable. But to claim that this is a “spacecraft” for deep space exploration to me sounds more like a marketing gag. It might be “spacy” but in no way provide for what is required for long term missions. Why would you design a spacecraft with all the earth re-entry features? It is much more easy to design a separate craft for such purpose, which is then only used in space. No, this is just a capsule to go to orbit and return to Earth, maybe go to moon. Flying to Mars with such a can I can’t imagine.

[@joevignolor4u949]

All points well taken. It's like on Apollo. Why take all the propellants and consumables for the return trip and the heat shield and the parachutes down to the lunar surface only to have to lift them back up into lunar orbit again? I suspect Orion is really just a progressive step to reestablish crewed capability to low earth orbit for the United States and for going back to the moon using the same mission profile as Apollo. Beyond that he did mention a "Deep Space Gateway" that Orion will dock with. That's probably where deep space missions to Mars and the asteroids will emanate from once Orion delivers the crew there. Then Orion with its specialized reentry systems is left behind where it will sit and wait while a lighter, specialized spacecraft ferrys the crew to their destination and then back to the Gateway. Then Orion brings the crew back home to earth.

[@MegaJasonic]

Great question from Hermann and great answer you provided. Makes sense. I was thinking the same thing...this craft would be very unrealistic for long durations. I searched for for a video to see what was inside Orion and found this....expected to see excersize equipment and maybe a mini bar lol. After years of seeing my heros at NASA erode away while the public interest is in shallow crap like the Kardashians and whatever Trump tweeted last night it is nice to see at least some baby steps toward something big again.

[@3gunslingers]

i'm sorry, but you all missed the point slightly. Whether you go to the Moon or Mars, you have to take your Reentry-vehicle with you. At least to the orbit around your destination, from where you take a specialized landing craft. But once you are on your way back, you are entering earths atmosphere with extremely high speeds. Orion is designed to withstand the long duration of such a mission into deep space AND to withstand the reentry phase. Therefor it is fair to say it is a space craft for deep space missions.

[@hermannf.1612]

@@3gunslingers Thanks Keyboard Runner for your points, which I actually noticed also on the NASA commercials. However, I don't get the logic. "I have to take the reentry vehicle with me...", why that? "on your way back, you are entering earths atmosphere with extremely high speeds...", why that? For sure, on the way back to Earth, you have to reenter an Earth orbit but what is forcing you to enter directly Earth atmosphere? Is it not possible to enter a high Earth orbit, then decelerate from to a low Earth orbit, e.g. let's say to dock at the ISS? From there then you could make a controlled landing back to Earth with any available vehicle, not only Orion. Did I overlook something? "Orion is designed to withstand the long duration of such a mission into deep space...", so what? I think even in the NASA commercials you can see that you still need a lot of other equipment for long duration flights and then imagine 4 astronauts living in such a cramped vehicle on their way to e.g. Mars, that's not really fit for the purpose.

[@joevignolor4u949]

@@3gunslingers - It's true that that is how they did it on the Apollo missions. They took the reentry components with them to lunar orbit and back and just immediately reentered by using aerodynamic braking to slow down. But it didn't necessarily have to be done like that. A specialized reentry vehicle could have been left parked in earth orbit and then a specialized ferry spacecraft could have been sent to the moon and back. Of course that would have meant that extra propellants would have to be carried aboard the ferry spacecraft to slow it down and drop it back into earth orbit so it could rendezvous and dock with the reentry vehicle. Exactly how you do anything in space depends on the calculations you make involving the spacecraft's weight and the weight of the propellants. For a moon mission it's probably better to just haul all the reentry components to the moon and back so you can just immediately reenter. This is what they decided to do on Apollo and it is probably what they will do for Orion missions to the moon. However for deep space missions it may turn out to be more efficient to do it differently. There is mention in the video of a "Deep Space Gateway" that Orion will dock with somewhere in the vicinity of the moon. It might make more sense weight-wise to leave the reentry vehicle there and use a specialized ferry vehicle to go from the gateway to deep space and then come back to the gateway again and transfer to the reentry vehicle. All that depends on how the calculations turn out.

[@raquelcassolfronza3096]

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[@lisamccrary3202]

Did some one just let the cat out of the bag???

[@MattJohno2]

It's called LOP-G, and It's planned to be a space station in orbit around the moon.

[@sonycans]

I wonder if Howard Wolowitz built the toilet?

[@brianchandler6127]

Seats are going to give astronauts hemorrhoids

[@brianchandler6127]

Leave it to NASA to create the most uncomfortable seats humanly possible

[@_K3PLR]

Idk why so many people complain about the seats, the is just a training model

[@Natebirch1]

How profoundly disappointing. The control panel looks like something out of the 80's with some 50's legacy hardware thrown in for good measure. I do realize there needs to be redundancy and radiation hardening exct and I am a rank ameture. It just seems to me that touch screens and a little newer technology could save weight, time, and money. My new oven looks more high tech and dragon crew seems more like the dircection of the future vs what I saw in this video

[@poisonouzapple2467]

I actually think that apollo is better than the Orion in my opinion obviously