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Exploration Systems Mission Directorate

To develop a sustained human presence on the moon; to promote exploration, commerce, and U.S. preeminence in space; and to serve as a stepping stone for the future exploration of Mars and other destinations.

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Get the latest on NASA's future plans to send humans and robots to the moon, Mars and beyond.

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Constellation Program

NASA's future astronauts will ride to space on a new generation of spacecraft, the Ares I and Ares V rockets and the Orion crew capsule.

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Get the latest images and data from NASA's robotic explorers roving and orbiting the red planet.

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