1. The new spacecraft is called Orion. 2. Orion will succeed the space shuttle as NASA's primary vehicle for human space exploration and have the capability to take astronauts farther than previous missions, including to Mars. 3. Orion's design is similar to the Apollo capsule, with an outside diameter of 5 meters allowing it to carry 4-6 astronauts, compared to Apollo's 3 astronauts.