June 25, 2009 Left to Right: NASA Associate Administrator for
the Exploration Systems Directorate Scott Horowitz, NASA Deputy
Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission
Directorate Doug Cooke, NASA Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV)
Project Office Manager Caris Hatfield and NASA Constellation
Program Manager Jeff Hanley hold a model of the Orion vehicle
during a press conference at NASA Headquarters in Washington,
Thursday Aug., 31, 2006. NASA announced the Lockheed Martin
Corp., based in Bethesda, Md., will be the prime contractor to
design, develop, and build Orion, America's spacecraft for a new
generation of explorers. Orion will be capable of transporting
four crewmembers for lunar missions and later supporting crew
transfers for Mars missions. Orion could also carry up to six
crew members to and from the International Space Station.
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