NASA ANNOUNCES ORION SPACECRAFT
NASA Constellation Program Manager Jeff Hanley speaks at a press conference anouncing that Lockheed Martin Corp was selected as the prime contractor for the design, development and construction of the Orion spacecraft, at NASA headquarters in Washington on August 31, 2006. The Orion will be the next generation of human spacecraft which NASA hopes to have in orbit in 2012. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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