A Beautiful Deep Space Explorer
(http://bruce.org.uk/images/orioncraft2.jpg)
The Orion project will be able to fly to deep space destinations beyond Mars. Testing is underway (has been for a while) and everything is looking good to go.
The picture below is a concept drawing of what Orion will look like during her test flight in 2014.What a beauty!
(http://bruce.org.uk/images/orion2014.jpg)