List of Constellation missions

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In October 2006 NASA released a draft schedule of all planned NASA Project Constellation missions through 2019 [1]. This document included descriptions of a series of proposed vehicle test missions.

[edit] List of Constellation missions

Order	Month	Year	Mission	Duration	Crew Size	Launch Pad	Note
Planned missions
1	April	2009	Ares I-1	~2 min.	0	39B	Test of the first stage of the Ares I launcher with four active SRM segments and an inert fifth segment and upper stage.
2	September	2012	Ares I-2	~8 min.	0	39B	First test of an operational Ares I launcher.
3	March	2013	Orion 3	~14d	0	39B	First flight of the Orion spacecraft.
4	October	2013	Orion 4	~14d	0	39B	Dress rehearsal for the first manned mission including demonstration of rendezvous and proximity operations with the ISS.
5	March	2014	Orion 5	~14d	2	39B	First crewed flight of Orion and first docking with the ISS.
6	September	2014	Orion 6	~90d	0	39B	First cargo mission to the ISS.
7	March	2015	Orion 7	~180d	3	39B	First operational ISS mission - expedition crew exchange.
8	September	2015	Orion 8	~30d	0	39B	Unmanned cargo flight to the ISS.
9	March	2016	Orion 9	~30d	0	39B	Unmanned cargo flight to the ISS.
10	September	2016	Orion 10	~180d	3	39B	Final ISS crewed mission - expedition crew exchange.
?	?	2017?	Orion 11	~30d	0	39B	Final Orion mission to ISS - unmanned cargo flight.
12	June	2018	Ares V-1		0	39A	Maiden flight of Ares V.
13	February	2019	LSAM 2		0	39A	Maiden flight of LSAM.
14	June	2019	Orion 12	21d.	4	39B	Lunar orbital flight. Dress rehearsal with LSAM 2 similar to Apollo 10. First human lunar mission since 1972.
15	December	2019	LSAM 3		0	39A	LSAM for Orion 13.
16	December	2019	Orion 13	21d.	4	39B	First human landing on the Moon (crew of 3) of the Constellation project. Seventh when the Apollo landings are included.
17	June	2020	LSAM 4		0	39A	LSAM for Orion 14.
18	August	2020	Orion 14	21d.	4	39B	Second human landing on the Moon (crew of 3) of the Constellation project. Eighth when the Apollo landings are included.

[edit] List of ascent abort tests

These will be conducted using purpose-built rockets^{[citation needed]}, similar to the Little Joe II used for Apollo testing. A boilerplate Orion capsule^{[citation needed]} and the escape tower will be tested on these missions.

Order	Month	Year	Mission	Note
Planned missions
1	May	2009	AA-1	Transonic speeds.
2	August	2010	AA-2	Maximum dynamic pressure region (max Q).
3	February	2011	AA-3	Ascent abort at a non-nominal attitude.
4	September	2011	AA-4	High altitude abort.

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