It has been announced by NASA and the Virginia Air and Space Center that a full scale test version of the Orion spacecraft will become a part of the museum's permanent collections.
The Orion test vechicle was built in Virginia, and it would make sense that it stays in Virginia once testing is finished.
The Interim Director of the VASC mentioned that it would be an "Ideal way for us to share the NASA story and showcase the latest NASA technology."
The Orion spacecraft has been housed at the VASC for the time being, and now will become a more ermanant fixture of the museum. For the time being it is being kept next to the Apollo 12 command module. This has been intersting for this gives visitors the chance to compare what the historic moon spacecraft were like, and then see how the future one will look.
Orion will be launched using NASA's new Space Launch System, late into the year of 2017.
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/mpcv/test_version_home.html
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