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Orion, also called the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, is a partially reusable crewed spacecraft used by NASA for its Artemis lunar exploration program. It consists of a crew module built by Lockheed Martin and a European Service Module provided by the European Space Agency and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space, and it supports a crew of four beyond low Earth orbit for up to 21 days undocked or up to six months when docked.

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2014-12-05 1
Date of Exploration Flight Test-1, the first uncrewed test flight; Orion has not yet flown crewed as of this mint.
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Orion supports a crew of four beyond low Earth orbit for up to 21 days undocked or up to six months when docked.
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationOrion (spacecraft) article, infobox
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