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In this Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021 photo made available by NASA, the core stage for the first flight of NASA's Space Launch System rocket undergoes a hot fire test at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. All four core-stage engines fired for barely a minute, rather than the intended eight minutes. On Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, NASA blamed the automatic shutdown on the strict test limits. (Robert Markowitz/NASA via AP)

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Roger Brown, of Lockheed Martin inside the Orion Crew capsule Tuesday, June 1, 2010 a ground test article being built at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Kevin Schuengel, Project Engineer, working for Lockheed Martin at the Control Console Tuesday, June 1, 2010 processing a ground test article ,Orion Crew capsule (left,background) being built at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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A test model of the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, NASA's next-generation space capsule, is rolled out at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert in October 2008. The Orion vehicle looks strikingly similar to the Apollo space capsule, but it is larger and will carry six astronauts instead of three. NASA is aiming to send Americans to the moon aboard Orion by 2020.

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The NASA Orion space capsule is seen atop a Delta IV rocket ready for a test launch at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The test flight scheduled for Thursday morning, will reach an altitude of 3,600 miles before re-entering the atmosphere (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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A full-size mockup of the Orion crew exploration vehicle is displayed by NASA on the National Mall March 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Orion crew exploration vehicle is scheduled to begin carrying humans to the International Space Station in 2015.

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The completed mobile launcher structure that will support NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) at the Kennedy Space Center is seen, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. SLS is the agency?s new rocket that will launch astronauts in the Orion spacecraft on missions to an asteroid and eventually to Mars. (AP Photo/John Raoux) ORG XMIT: KSC102

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Artemis I leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building as it rolls out to launch pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Tuesday, August 16, 2022. The rocket is scheduled to launch on an unmanned mission to orbit the moon on August 29. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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A piece of the Artemis 1 rocket is transported at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, before sunrise on Thursday, July 30, 2020, after making a 13- day journey on a barge from NASA' s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

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NASA along with members from 920th Rescue Wing,Patrick Air Force Base conducted a sea worthiness test Wednesday, April 8, 2009 of a full-size mockup of the Orion Crew capsule at Port Canaveral The .Orion capsule will become America's primary vehicle for human space exploration, replacing the space shuttle after it is retired in 2010. The capsule is part of the Constellation program which plans to send astronauts back to the moon and Mars.

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A view of the Vehicle Assembly Building, right, is seen from atop the over 400 foot high mobile launcher structure that will support NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) at the Kennedy Space Center is seen, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. SLS is the agency?s new rocket that will launch astronauts in the Orion spacecraft on missions to an asteroid and eventually to Mars. (AP Photo/John Raoux) ORG XMIT: KSC103

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Schoolchildren gather around a full-size mockup of the Orion crew exploration vehicle which NASA displayed on the National Mall March 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Orion crew exploration vehicle is scheduled to begin carrying humans to the International Space Station in 2015.

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A full-size mockup of the Orion crew exploration vehicle is displayed on the National Mall in Washington, Monday, March 30, 2009.

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Lightning lights up clouds over the Vehicle Assembly Building, delaying the rollout of Artemis I, at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Tuesday, August 16, 2022. The rocket is scheduled to launch on an unmanned mission to orbit the moon on August 29. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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The new Orion crew capsule, far left, is shown on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., during a test of Orion's launch-abort system, which will whisk astronauts and the capsule to safety in case of a problem on the launch pad, such as a fire, or during the climb to orbit. The Orion capsule was originally designed to take astronauts back to the moon. But President Obama in February killed NASA's $100 billion plans to return to the moon, redirecting the money for new rocket technology research. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz)

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The NASA Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle arrives on a flatbed truck for display on the National Mall March 30, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. America will send a new generation of explorers to the moon aboard NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle. Making its first flights to the International Space Station early in the next decade, Orion is part of the Constellation Program to send human explorers back to the moon, and then onward to Mars and other destinations in the solar system.

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NASA conducted a sea worthiness test Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at Port Canaveral of full-size mockup of the Orion Crew capsule that will become America's primary vehicle for human space exploration. Orion will replace the space shuttle after it is retired in 2010. The capsule is part of the Constellation program which NASA plans to send astronauts back to the moon and Mars.

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At Kennedy Space Center, Fla., a visitor watches as NASA's moon rocket for the Artemis 1 mission rolls to the launch pad, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Known as the Space Launch System (SLS), the mega-rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft capsule rollouts for the first time Thursday evening on the giant crawler-transporter 2, headed to Launch Complex 39-B. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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Artemis I, including the Orion spacecraft, shortly before rollout to the launch pad —as seen from the high bay level inside the Vehicle Assembly Building— at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Tuesday, August 16, 2022. Artemis I is scheduled to launch on an unmanned mission to orbit the moon on August 29. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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workers gather to watch as the core stage of the SLS rocket is transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building, Thursday afternoon, April 29, 2021, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The core stage will be mated to the other components that comprise Artemis I, currently scheduled to launch in late 2021 or early 2022 (Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP)

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The new mobile launch tower is prepared to be moved Wednesday, November 16, 2011 to the launch pad to collect data from structural and functional engineering tests. The 355-foot-tall ML is being modified to support the Space Launch System, the heavy lift rocket that will launch astronauts farther into space than ever before. It was previously used for the Ares launch as part of the defunct Constellation space program.

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At Kennedy Space Center, Fla., crowds gather to watch NASA's moon rocket for the Artemis 1 mission roll to the launch pad, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Known as the Space Launch System (SLS), the mega-rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft capsule rollouts for the first time Thursday evening on the giant crawler-transporter 2, headed to Launch Complex 39-B. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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At Kennedy Space Center, Fla., NASA's moon rocket for the Artemis 1 mission rolls to the launch pad, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Known as the Space Launch System (SLS), the mega-rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft capsule rollouts for the first time Thursday evening on the giant crawler-transporter 2, headed to Launch Complex 39-B. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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With the capitol in the background, a full-size mockup of the Orion crew exploration vehicle is displayed on the National Mall in Washington, Monday, March 30, 2009.

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Artemis I leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building as it rolls out to launch pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Tuesday, August 16, 2022. The rocket is scheduled to launch on an unmanned mission to orbit the moon on August 29. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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The NASA Orion crew exploration vechicle arrives on a flatbed truck for display on the National Mall March 30, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Orion crew exploration vechicle is targeted to begin carrying humans to the International Space Station in 2015.

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Media and social influencers tour the barge Pegasus that will transport the core stage and engines of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) that will be used in the Artemis 1 mission, at the NASA Michoud Assembly Center in New Orleans, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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The new mobile launch tower is prepared to be moved Wednesday, November 16, 2011 to the launch pad to collect data from structural and functional engineering tests. The 355-foot-tall ML is being modified to support the Space Launch System, the heavy lift rocket that will launch astronauts farther into space than ever before. It was previously used for the Ares launch as part of the defunct Constellation space program.

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A full-size mockup of the Orion crew exploration vehicle is displayed by NASA on the National Mall March 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Orion crew exploration vehicle is scheduled to begin carrying humans to the International Space Station in 2015.

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In an image provided by NASA, the core stage of NASA’s Artemis rocket, which would take astronauts to the moon, at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans in January 2020. NASA announced on April 30 that it had picked three designs for spacecraft to take astronauts back to the moon, from SpaceX, Blue Origin, and one led by Dynetics of Huntsville, Alabama.

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Schoolchildren gather around a full-size mockup of the Orion crew exploration vehicle which NASA displayed on the National Mall March 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Orion crew exploration vehicle is scheduled to begin carrying humans to the International Space Station in 2015.

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The new Orion crew capsule, far left, is shown on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., during a test of Orion's launch-abort system, which will whisk astronauts and the capsule to safety in case of a problem on the launch pad, such as a fire, or during the climb to orbit. The Orion capsule was originally designed to take astronauts back to the moon. But President Obama in February killed NASA's $100 billion plans to return to the moon, redirecting the money for new rocket technology research. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz)

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The new mobile launch tower, right, is on the move Wednesday, November 16, 2011 about to pass by the Vehicle Assembly Building, center, headed to the launch pad to collect data from structural and functional engineering tests. The 355-foot-tall ML is being modified to support the Space Launch System, the heavy lift rocket that will launch astronauts farther into space than ever before. It was previously used for the Ares launch as part of the defunct Constellation space program.

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The new Orion crew capsule with parachutes deployed is shown after it was catapulted into the air on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., during a test of Orion's launch-abort system, which will whisk astronauts and the capsule to safety in case of a problem on the launch pad, such as a fire, or during the climb to orbit. The Orion capsule was originally designed to take astronauts back to the moon. But President Obama in February killed NASA's $100 billion plans to return to the moon, redirecting the money for new rocket technology research. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz)

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Artemis I leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building as it rolls out to launch pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Tuesday, August 16, 2022. The rocket is scheduled to launch on an unmanned mission to orbit the moon on August 29. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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The new mobile launch tower is prepared to be moved Wednesday, November 16, 2011 to the launch pad to collect data from structural and functional engineering tests. The 355-foot-tall ML is being modified to support the Space Launch System, the heavy lift rocket that will launch astronauts farther into space than ever before. It was previously used for the Ares launch as part of the defunct Constellation space program.

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The new Orion crew capsule is catapulted into the air on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., during a test of Orion's launch-abort system, which will whisk astronauts and the capsule to safety in case of a problem on the launch pad, such as a fire, or during the climb to orbit. The Orion capsule was originally designed to take astronauts back to the moon. But President Obama in February killed NASA's $100 billion plans to return to the moon, redirecting the money for new rocket technology research. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz)

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Artemis I and the Orion spacecraft shortly before rollout to the launch pad —as seen from the high bay level inside the Vehicle Assembly Building— at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Launch Complex 39, Tuesday, August 16, 2022. Artemis I is scheduled to launch on an unmanned mission to orbit the moon on August 29. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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After rolling out overnight, Artemis I at launch pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Wednesday, August 17, 2022. The rocket is scheduled to launch on an unmanned mission to orbit the moon on August 29. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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Kevin Schuengel, Project Engineer working for Lockheed Martin at the Control Console Tuesday, June 1, 2010 processing a ground test article ,Orion Crew capsule (left,background) being built at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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The new Orion crew capsule with parachutes deployed is shown after it was catapulted into the air on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., during a test of Orion's launch-abort system, which will whisk astronauts and the capsule to safety in case of a problem on the launch pad, such as a fire, or during the climb to orbit. The Orion capsule was originally designed to take astronauts back to the moon. But President Obama in February killed NASA's $100 billion plans to return to the moon, redirecting the money for new rocket technology research. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz)

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NASA along with members from 920th Rescue Wing,Patrick Air Force Base conducted a sea worthiness test Wednesday, April 8, 2009 of a full-size mockup of the Orion Crew capsule at Port Canaveral The .Orion capsule will become America's primary vehicle for human space exploration, replacing the space shuttle after it is retired in 2010. The capsule is part of the Constellation program which plans to send astronauts back to the moon and Mars.

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NASA along with members from 920th Rescue Wing,Patrick Air Force Base (background) conducted a sea worthiness test Wednesday, April 8, 2009 of a full-size mockup of the Orion Crew capsule at Port Canaveral The .Orion capsule will become America's primary vehicle for human space exploration, replacing the space shuttle after it is retired in 2010. The capsule is part of the Constellation program which plans to send astronauts back to the moon and Mars.

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This image made available on Feb. 15, 2017 by NASA shows an artist's concept of the launch of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule. On Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, NASA said it is weighing the risk of adding astronauts to the first flight of its new megarocket. (NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center via AP)

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This NASA photo released on January 6, 2020 shows NASAs powerful new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), which will send astronauts a quarter million miles from Earth to lunar orbit at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. - The agency is committed to landing American astronauts, including the first woman and the next man, on the Moon by 2024. Through the agencys Artemis lunar exploration program, we will use innovative new technologies and systems to explore more of the Moon than ever before.On January 1, 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted: "Making progress! The massive @NASA_SLS core stage is moving to Building 110 at the Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana. There it will be readied for the Pegasus barge and its trip to @NASAStennis. Thank you to the @NASA team for working through the holidays!" (Photo by Jude Guidry / NASA / AFP) (Photo by JUDE GUIDRY/NASA/AFP via Getty Images)

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A piece of the Artemis 1 rocket is transported at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., before sunrise Thursday, July 30, 2020, after making a 13-day journey on a barge from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The section is a stage adapter for NASA's massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which is under development for crewed lunar flights in the Artemis mission, with future plans for possible human missions to Mars. The Artemis 1 launch is currently scheduled for November, 2021. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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At Kennedy Space Center, Fla., NASA's moon rocket for the Artemis 1 mission rolls to the launch pad, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Known as the Space Launch System (SLS), the mega-rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft capsule rollouts for the first time Thursday evening on the giant crawler-transporter 2, headed to Launch Complex 39-B. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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A Delta IV heavy rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 at launch complex 37B at Cape Canaveral, Fla.

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NASA along with members from 920th Rescue Wing,Patrick Air Force Base conducted a sea worthiness test Wednesday, April 8, 2009 of a full-size mockup of the Orion Crew capsule at Port Canaveral The .Orion capsule will become America's primary vehicle for human space exploration, replacing the space shuttle after it is retired in 2010. The capsule is part of the Constellation program which plans to send astronauts back to the moon and Mars.

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A model of the Orion capsule sits in the control room of the wind-tunnel at Langley Air Force base. This was used in testing of the Space Launch System rocket that will eventually be used to send people to Mars.

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Roger Brown, of Lockheed Martin inside the Orion Crew capsule Tuesday, June 1, 2010 a ground test article being built at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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The new mobile launch tower is prepared to be moved Wednesday, November 16, 2011 to the launch pad to collect data from structural and functional engineering tests. The 355-foot-tall ML is being modified to support the Space Launch System, the heavy lift rocket that will launch astronauts farther into space than ever before. It was previously used for the Ares launch as part of the defunct Constellation space program.

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At Kennedy Space Center, Fla., dusk sets as NASA's moon rocket for the Artemis 1 mission rolls to the launch pad, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Known as the Space Launch System (SLS), the mega-rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft capsule rollouts for the first time Thursday evening on the giant crawler-transporter 2, headed to Launch Complex 39-B. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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At Kennedy Space Center, Fla., NASA's moon rocket for the Artemis 1 mission rolls to the launch pad, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Known as the Space Launch System (SLS), the mega-rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft capsule rollouts for the first time Thursday evening on the giant crawler-transporter 2, headed to Launch Complex 39-B. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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NASA along with members from 920th Rescue Wing,Patrick Air Force Base conducted a sea worthiness test Wednesday, April 8, 2009 of a full-size mockup of the Orion Crew capsule at Port Canaveral The .Orion capsule will become America's primary vehicle for human space exploration, replacing the space shuttle after it is retired in 2010. The capsule is part of the Constellation program which plans to send astronauts back to the moon and Mars.

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The NASA Orion crew exploration vehicle arrives on a flatbed truck for display on the National Mall March 30, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Orion crew exploration vehicle is targeted to begin carrying humans to the International Space Station in 2015.

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NASA. along with members from 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base conducted a sea worthiness test Wednesday, April 8, 2009 of a full-size mockup of the Orion Crew capsule at Port Canaveral. The Orion capsule will become America's primary vehicle for human space exploration, replacing the space shuttle after it is retired in 2010. The capsule is part of the Constellation program which plans to send astronauts back to the moon and Mars.

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Schoolchildren gather around a full-size mockup of the Orion crew exploration vehicle which NASA displayed on the National Mall March 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Orion crew exploration vehicle is scheduled to begin carrying humans to the International Space Station in 2015.

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NASA's Orion spacecraft test vehicle sits in the well deck of the USS Anchorage at the Port of Los Angeles on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct recovery tests for the capsule in the Pacific Ocean, simulating its return from a space mission. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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In front of a Space Shuttle Engine (left) and the Orion capsule (right)President Barack Obama announces a $ 40 million multi-agency effort to help some 9,000 Kennedy Space Center jobs when the shuttle program retires. Sen. Bill Nelson (right) is seen on stage. The NASA Space Conference held at the Kennedy Space Center.

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A full-size mockup of the Orion crew exploration vehicle is displayed on the National Mall in Washington, Monday, March 30, 2009.

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After completing its second rollout overnight Sunday, Artemis 1 —the NASA moonshot rocket— stands at launch pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Monday, June 6, 2022. The 322-foot-tall rocket stack includes the Orion spacecraft and made the 4.4-mile journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the pad in 11 hours. NASA is targeting a wet rehearsal for Artemis 1 on June 19. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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The new mobile launch tower is prepared to be moved Wednesday, November 16, 2011 to the launch pad to collect data from structural and functional engineering tests. The 355-foot-tall ML is being modified to support the Space Launch System, the heavy lift rocket that will launch astronauts farther into space than ever before. It was previously used for the Ares launch as part of the defunct Constellation space program.

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NASA along with members from 920th Rescue Wing,Patrick Air Force Base conducted a sea worthiness test Wednesday, April 8, 2009 of a full-size mockup of the Orion Crew capsule at Port Canaveral The Orion capsule will become America's primary vehicle for human space exploration, replacing the space shuttle after it is retired in 2010. The capsule is part of the Constellation program which plans to send astronauts back to the moon and Mars.

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A Delta IV heavy rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 at launch complex 37B at Cape Canaveral, Fla.

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The new Orion crew capsule is catapulted into the air on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., during a test of Orion's launch-abort system, which will whisk astronauts and the capsule to safety in case of a problem on the launch pad, such as a fire, or during the climb to orbit. The Orion capsule was originally designed to take astronauts back to the moon. But President Obama in February killed NASA's $100 billion plans to return to the moon, redirecting the money for new rocket technology research.

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The new Orion crew capsule is catapulted into the air on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., during a test of Orion's launch-abort system, which will whisk astronauts and the capsule to safety in case of a problem on the launch pad, such as a fire, or during the climb to orbit. The Orion capsule was originally designed to take astronauts back to the moon. But President Obama in February killed NASA's $100 billion plans to return to the moon, redirecting the money for new rocket technology research. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz)

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After completing its second rollout overnight Sunday, Artemis 1 —the NASA moonshot rocket— stands at launch pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Monday, June 6, 2022. The 322-foot-tall rocket stack includes the Orion spacecraft and made the 4.4-mile journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the pad in 11 hours. NASA is targeting a wet rehearsal for Artemis 1 on June 19. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)