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NASA: Orion space capsule will keep earthbound until early 2015
Washington, USA - For a Congress disposition
NASA administrator Mike Griffin informed last week a US Senate panel that development of the Orion crew spacecraft and the Ares launch vehicle, expected to replace the space agency's aging three-shuttle fleet, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour, will be delayed by four to six months. The three shuttles are due to retire in 2010. The first operational flight of these new spacecraft will now be pushed...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 74733
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency