An artist's concept of the Ares I launch pad shows the new evacuation system on the right. Image Credit: NASA

Ares V in Orbit (concept)

Orion orbits the moon with disc-shaped solar arrays tracking the sun to generate electricity. Image Credit: Lockheed Martin Corp.

The "planetary surface habitat and airlock unit" has been delivered to NASA Langley for ground-based evaluation of emerging technologies such as health monitoring of flexible structures. Credit: NASA/Jeff Caplan

An early NASA concept of a potential base on the moon. Image Credit: NASA

NASA's Orion capsule with crew escape system at the top (2007 model).

A mockup Orion crew module built by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Fabrication Branch gets a lift to its new home in the center's former Shuttle hangar. NASA photo by Tom Tschida