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Former astronaut Thomas Reiter, Europe's director of human spaceflight, said it makes sense for the initial Orion crew to include Europeans. For now, though, the focus is on the technical aspects, he said. NASA will supply no-longer-used space shuttle engines for use on the service modules. Reiter put the total European contribution at nearly $600 million. Orion originally was part of NASA's Constellation program that envisioned moon bases in the post-shuttle era. President Barack Obama canceled Constellation, but Orion was repurposed and survived. A test flight of the capsule is planned for next year; it will fly 3,600 miles away and then return. ___ Online: NASA: European Space Agency: http://bit.ly/ZXPuqg
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