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A U.S.-led initiative to resume deep-space human exploration.

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After a 50-year hiatus, a U.S.-led initiative to resume deep-space human exploration faced a critical flight test of NASA’s new Saturn V-class rocket and its Orion capsule, which is designed to support four astronauts for 21 days beyond the protective shield of Earth’s magnetosphere.
 
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