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Wicker added that he expected the Orion crew to arrive

March 29, 2017 by Katherine Berry

Wicker added that he expected the Orion crew to arrive on the Moon in late 2020 or early 2021. "In the meantime, we know that, when they return home on their Orion spacecraft, we've got some work to do," he said, adding that "for now, we're just going to keep going."

"It's been a long journey, but it will all be worth the wait," he added, with a smile.

The Orion crew's story, for NASA, is a unique case of a new, new, and exciting mission. In March, NASA announced that the first manned Mars mission, with crewed Mars missions in 2017 and 2018, would launch in 2030. That flight would be the first for NASA's SLS space station, which serves as the nation's closest-in-to-space lab for scientific research, and the second for NASA's Orion spacecraft.

That launch, expected in 2020, will be the first for NASA's SLS space station, which serves as the nation's closest-in-to-space lab for scientific research, and the second for NASA's Orion spacecraft.

The first Orion launch would be the first for NASA's space station, which serves as the nation's closest-in-to-space lab for scientific research, and the second for NASA's Orion spacecraft.

The SLS launch would be the first for NASA's space station, which serves as the nation's closest-in-to-space lab for scientific research, and the second for NASA's Orion spacecraft.