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Constellation program

The Constellation program (abbreviated CxP) was a crewed spaceflight program developed by NASA, the space agency of the United States, from 2005 to 2009. The major goals of the program, in which no crewed missions flew before its cancellation, were "completion of the International Space Station" and a "return to the Moon no later than 2020" with a crewed…

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Cost
Estimated: $230 billion (2004) Actual: $9 billion (2010)
Country
United States
Crewed vehicles
Altair · Orion
Duration
2004–2010
First flight
MLAS · July 8, 2009 (2009-07-08)
Last flight
Ares I-X · October 28, 2009 (2009-10-28)

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Constellation program

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Constellation program

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related to Orion Mars mission · 18
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related to Orion asteroid mission · 17
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related to Bush administration · 14
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related to Comparison to Apollo and Space Shuttle designs · 12
Constellation program → Apollo, Ares, But, Constellation, Earth-orbit, However, NASA, Orion, Shuttle, Space Shuttle, The, X-33
related to Missions · 12
Constellation program → Altair, Apollo Program, Constellation, Earth, Earth Departure Stage, International Space Station, Like, Mars, Moon, Near-Earth, Orion, There
related to Propulsion · 12
Constellation program → Apollo, Ares, Earth Orbit Rendezvous, Greek, Lunar Orbit Rendezvous, Mars, NASA, Roman, Saturn, The, The Constellation Program, This
Purpose · 3
Constellation program → Crewed lunar exploration, Crewed Mars exploration, Crewed orbital flight
Crewed vehicles · 2
Constellation program → Altair, Orion
First flight · 2
Constellation program → July 8, 2009 (2009-07-08), MLAS
Last flight · 2
Constellation program → Ares I-X, October 28, 2009 (2009-10-28)

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Constellation programCostEstimated: $230 billion (2004) Actual: $9 billion (2010)1.00infobox
Constellation programCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Constellation programCrewed vehiclesAltair1.00infobox
Constellation programCrewed vehiclesOrion1.00infobox
Constellation programDuration2004–20101.00infobox
Constellation programFirst flightMLAS1.00infobox
Constellation programFirst flightJuly 8, 2009 (2009-07-08)1.00infobox
Constellation programLast flightAres I-X1.00infobox
Constellation programLast flightOctober 28, 2009 (2009-10-28)1.00infobox
Constellation programLaunch sitesKennedy Space Center Launch Complex 391.00infobox
Constellation programLaunch sitesWhite Sands1.00infobox
Constellation programLaunch vehiclesAres I1.00infobox
Constellation programLaunch vehiclesAres V1.00infobox
Constellation programOrganizationNASA1.00infobox
Constellation programPurposeCrewed orbital flight1.00infobox
Constellation programPurposeCrewed lunar exploration1.00infobox
Constellation programPurposeCrewed Mars exploration1.00infobox
Constellation programStatusCancelled1.00infobox
Constellation programSuccesses21.00infobox

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