Surjectivity of the exponential map on SO(2n)/U(n)

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Let $M:=SO(2n)/U(n)$ the homogeneous space of all orthogonal almost-complex structures on $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$.

When $n=2$, it is known that $M$ is just the 2-sphere.

1) On the 2-sphere, the exponential map at any point is surjective, is that true?

2) If yes, is this fact true for all $n$ ? In other words, is it true that for all $n$, the exponential map at any point of $M$ is surjective onto $M$ ?