U.S. picks capsule for manned missions
NASA plans capsule to take humans into deep space
Rich Phillips,
CNN Senior Producer
May 24, 2011 10:10 p.m. EDT
The capsule will carry four astronauts and be based on designs originally planned for NASA's Orion Crew
Exploration Vehicle.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
New craft won't be ready until 2016 at earliest
It could go to moon or Mars
Separate crew compartment needed to go farther
Capsule intended to fill gap created by end to shuttle program
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Charles Bolden
Miami (CNN) -- NASA plans a return to yesteryear by developing a space capsule that will carry humans into deep space, it announced Tuesday.
"We are committed to human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and look forward to developing the next generation of systems to take us there," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said.
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