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Deep Space Transport
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<p>The Deep Space Transport (DST), also called Mars Transit Vehicle, is a crewed interplanetary <a href="/facts/Spacecraft/YQqQaUw0">spacecraft</a> concept by <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a> to support science exploration missions to <a href="/facts/Mars/AQGtVvz0">Mars</a> of up to 1,000 days. It would be composed of two elements: an <a href="/facts/Orion_(spacecraft)/nh8VQRpD">Orion capsule</a> and a propelled habitation module. As of late 2019, the DST is still a concept to be studied, and NASA has not officially proposed the project in an annual U.S. federal government budget cycle. The DST vehicle would depart and return from the <a href="/facts/Lunar_Gateway/XExxjawm">Lunar Gateway</a> to be serviced and reused for a new Mars mission. </p>