During the process of photosynthesis, light penetrates the cell and passes into the chloroplast. The light energy is intercepted by chlorophyll molecules on the granal stacks. Some of the light energy is converted to chemical energy.
It was manufactured by the Lockheed Martin Corporation. It will have more than 50% more volume than the Apollo capsule, which had an interior volume of 5.9 m 3 (210 cu ft), and will carry four to six astronauts. After extensive study, NASA has selected the Avcoat ablator system for the Orion crew module.
Orion, NASA's newest manned spaceship, will have its first mission in December. A rocket will carry the Orion modules 3,600 miles above Earth. It's designed to journey into deep space -- to Mars and beyond -- in 2017. NASA: Orion is built to take humans farther than they've ever gone before.