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Sent 1: (CNN) -- The U.S. space shuttle program retired in 2011, leaving American astronauts to hitchhike into orbit.
Sent 2: But after three long years, NASA's successor is almost ready to make an entrance.
Sent 3: Orion, the agency's newest manned spaceship, is being prepared for its first mission in December.
Sent 4: In future missions, it will journey into deep space -- to Mars and beyond -- farther than humans have ever gone before.
Sent 5: Orion comes loaded with superlatives.
Sent 6: It boasts the largest heat shield ever built and a computer 400 times faster than the ones on the space shuttles.
Sent 7: It will be launched into space on the most powerful rocket NASA has ever made.
Sent 8: No astronauts will be aboard the December flight, which will test the spacecraft's systems for future manned missions.
Sent 9: Final work on the spacecraft is under way at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Sent 10: Orion came one step closer to completion this month with the stacking of the crew module atop the service module.
Sent 11: "Now that we're getting so close to launch, the spacecraft completion work is visible every day," Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer said in a statement.
Sent 12: A 3,600-mile journey When complete, the Orion capsule will resemble a fencing foil, with a tall spire shooting up from a rounded base.
Sent 13: At the top will sit a launch abort system, with downward-facing thrusters that would save the crew from a jarring crash in the event of a rocket malfunction.
Sent 14: The bottom portion, the service module, will perform various functions such as in-space propulsion and cargo storage.
Sent 15: Nestled between the two will be the crew module, capable of supporting human life from launch until recovery.
Sent 16: Attached to the service module will be a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket.
Sent 17: For the first time since the space shuttle's debut launch in 1981, the crew compartment will ride on the tip of the rocket rather than hanging onto its side, evoking the configuration of the famous Apollo or Gemini missions.

Question: The agency's newest manned spaceship will make a journey how long? (true/0)

Question: The U.S. space shuttle program lasted for how many years? (true/1)

Question: How much faster is Orion's computer to the space shuttle's computer? (true/2)

3,600
400 times
400 miles
400 times faster

Question: In what year is Orion expected to launch? (true/3)

Question: What kind of rocket will launch Orion into space? (true/4)

Question: What will the Orion allow NASA to do and why? (true/5)

Orion comes loaded with superlatives
Farther than anyone has gone before
Save the crew from a jarring crash
Test systems
It will allow NASA to travel into deep space, because it is loaded with superlatives
Hitchhike
Travel beyond Mars
Into deep space
Test the spacecraft's systems for future manned missions because it is the largest heat shield ever built and a computer 400 times faster than the ones on the space shuttles

Question: What is significant about the Orion? (true/6)

Question: What will the December flight test? (false/7)

The advantage of riding on the tip of the rocket ranter than the side
The spacecraft's systems for future manned missions
American astronauts to hitchhike into orbit
The spacecraft's speed

Question: What does the abort system include? (true/8)

Thrusters
Cargo storage
Abort system, with downward-facing thrusters that would save the crew from a jarring crash in the event of a rocket malfunction
Cushioning for the crew
Downward-facing thristers
At the top of the ship, there will be a launch abort system, with downward-facing thrusters that would save the crew from a jarring crash in the event of a rocket malfunction
Will perform various functions such as in-space propulsion and cargo storage

Question: What is NASA's new spaceship called? (true/9)

Question: The crew module is nestled between which two systems or modules? (false/10)

Spire and round base
LAS and SM
Propulsion and cargo storage
Fencing foil, with a tall spire
The launch abort system and the service module

Question: What is the name of NASA's successor to the retired 2011 space shuttle program? (false/11)

Question: How many astronauts will be aboard Orion's first mission? (false/12)

Question: NASA's the Space Shuttle's successor has its first mission in what month? (true/13)

Not clear
2011
December

Question: How long has it been since Orion's first launch? (true/14)

Question: The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket will be attached to what portion of the spaceship? (true/15)

Question: The agency's newest manned spaceship comes loaded with what? (false/16)

Question: For how many years was the previous space shuttle in use? (false/17)

Question: Will any astronauts be aboard NASA's newest manned spaceship for its December flight? (true/18)

No
Yes
No astronauts will be aboard
American astronauts to hitchhike into orbit

Question: When is the Orion's first mission and what will it test? (true/19)

It will journey into deep space -- to Mars and beyond
2011
3,600 mile journey
The month before December, the spacecraft's systems
Its first mission is in December, and will test the spacecraft's systems for future manned missions
Deep space exploration
December flight, which will test the spacecraft's systems for future manned missions

Question: Where will Orion journey? (true/20)