Posted Aug 15, 2006 at 02:59AM by Chris L. Listed in: Space Exploration Tags: NASA, cev, Crew Exploration Vehicle, constellation, Ares, Orion
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Proposed Orion logo for NASAlogos


The Crew Exploration Vehicle project that is intended to take man to the moon again has a name and logo: Orion.


A proposed logo of the CEV project with the name "Orion" and marked "approved" has been seen in an internal NASA document. Other reports have NASA applying for trademark protection for "Orion." The Orion constellation features on the logo, along with a blue globe and red orbital vector.

This is the latest nomenclature to be associated with NASA's space exploration programs. The entire moonshot project (as well as the Mars exploration mission) is codenamed "Constellation", with Orion associated with the CEV component. "Ares" refers to the launch vehicle family (Ares I being the crew launcher and Ares V the heavy-lift launcher). Prior reports had NASA designating the separate command/service module and moon lander as "Altair" and "Artemis", respectively, until superceded by this report.




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