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Orion 15 (Human Lunar Return) is the name of a lunar sortie
Lunar sortie

A lunar sortie is a human spaceflight mission to the Moon. In contrast with lunar outpost missions, lunar sorties will be of relatively brief duration....
 mission NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
 expects to conduct in June, 2019. The mission, which will use an Orion
Orion (spacecraft)

Orion is a spacecraft design currently under development by the United States space agency NASA. Each Orion spacecraft will carry a crew of four to six astronauts, and will be launched by the Ares I, a launch vehicle also currently under development....
 spacecraft and Altair lunar lander
Lander (spacecraft)

A lander is a spacecraft which descends toward and comes to rest on the surface of an astronomical body. For bodies with Celestial body atmosphere, the landing is called re-entry and the lander descends as a re-entry vehicle....
 being developed by Project Constellation
Project Constellation

Constellation is a NASA program with the stated goal of gaining significant experience in operating away from Earth's environment, developing technologies needed for opening the space frontier and conducting fundamental science....
, will be NASA's first human spaceflight
Human spaceflight

A human spaceflight is a spaceflight with a Astronaut, and possibly passengers. This makes it unlike Robotic spacecraft space probes or remotely-controlled satellites....
 mission to attempt a lunar landing since Apollo 17
Apollo 17

Apollo 17 was the eleventh Human spaceflight in the NASA Apollo program. It was the first night launch of a United States human spaceflight and the sixth and final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program....
 in 1972. Assuming no other nation lands a human spaceflight mission on the moon until 2019, it will be the seventh human lunar landing in history and also mark the first time since 1972 that any humans will walk on the moon.

Orion 15 will be the first of a series of seven day missions carrying a crew of four to the Moon to begin setting up a Lunar outpost
Lunar outpost (NASA)

The Lunar outpost will be an inhabited facility on the surface of the Moon which NASA currently plans to construct over the five years between 2019 and 2024....
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Orion 15 (Human Lunar Return) is the name of a lunar sortie
Lunar sortie

A lunar sortie is a human spaceflight mission to the Moon. In contrast with lunar outpost missions, lunar sorties will be of relatively brief duration....
 mission NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
 expects to conduct in June, 2019. The mission, which will use an Orion
Orion (spacecraft)

Orion is a spacecraft design currently under development by the United States space agency NASA. Each Orion spacecraft will carry a crew of four to six astronauts, and will be launched by the Ares I, a launch vehicle also currently under development....
 spacecraft and Altair lunar lander
Lander (spacecraft)

A lander is a spacecraft which descends toward and comes to rest on the surface of an astronomical body. For bodies with Celestial body atmosphere, the landing is called re-entry and the lander descends as a re-entry vehicle....
 being developed by Project Constellation
Project Constellation

Constellation is a NASA program with the stated goal of gaining significant experience in operating away from Earth's environment, developing technologies needed for opening the space frontier and conducting fundamental science....
, will be NASA's first human spaceflight
Human spaceflight

A human spaceflight is a spaceflight with a Astronaut, and possibly passengers. This makes it unlike Robotic spacecraft space probes or remotely-controlled satellites....
 mission to attempt a lunar landing since Apollo 17
Apollo 17

Apollo 17 was the eleventh Human spaceflight in the NASA Apollo program. It was the first night launch of a United States human spaceflight and the sixth and final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program....
 in 1972. Assuming no other nation lands a human spaceflight mission on the moon until 2019, it will be the seventh human lunar landing in history and also mark the first time since 1972 that any humans will walk on the moon.

Orion 15 will be the first of a series of seven day missions carrying a crew of four to the Moon to begin setting up a Lunar outpost
Lunar outpost (NASA)

The Lunar outpost will be an inhabited facility on the surface of the Moon which NASA currently plans to construct over the five years between 2019 and 2024....
. A landing site has not yet been chosen, but it is likely to be at either the lunar north or south pole.

See also

  • List of Constellation missions
    List of Constellation missions

    In October 2006 NASA released a draft schedule of all planned NASA Constellation program missions through 2019. This document included descriptions of a series of proposed vehicle test missions....