NASA PICKS BOEING TO BUILD UPPER STAGE OF ARES I ROCKET IN WASHINGTON

NASA holds a news conference announcing Boeing as the contractor for the upper stage element of the Ares I rocket, the orange area on the model rocket at left, at NASA headquarters in Washington on August 28, 2007. The rocket will carry astronauts to the International Space Station and the Moon. The other model is the Ares V. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)