Orion Spacecraft Parachute Landing Key Ring

The Orion crew module spacecraft is designed to carry four astronauts on deep space missions and return them safely to Earth. Like the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo capsules before it, Orion will land softly using parachutes and be recovered in water landings. Unlike these earlier command modules, Orion is designed to be refurbished and reused on future missions. These missions may include everything from visits to the International Space Station and future space stations far from Earth, expeditions to the Moon, Mars and asteroids, and other deep space exploration in our Solar System. Orion will be launched from Earth atop the SLS Space Launch System, a rocket more powerful than the mighty Saturn V or the Space Shuttle.