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The crew exploration vehicle will be capable of ferrying astronauts and scientists to the space station after the shuttle is retired.
CNN: Bush: 'It is time for America to take the next steps' in space
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Our second goal is to develop and test a new space craft, the crew exploration vehicle, by 2008, and to conduct the first manned mission no later than 2014.
CNN: Bush: 'It is time for America to take the next steps' in space
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Using the crew exploration vehicle, we will undertake extended human missions to the moon as early as 2015, with the goal of living and working there for increasingly extended periods of time.
CNN: Bush: 'It is time for America to take the next steps' in space
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It wanted photos of famous partners in exploration:the Apollo 11 crew of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, and Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay.
FORBES: Image Enhancement
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Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: NASA and the European Space Agency have signed an agreement calling for the Europeans to provide the service module for the Orion space capsule, the U.S. space agency's crew vehicle for exploration beyond Earth orbit.
MSN: Mars rover survives 'brain transplant' with flying colors
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It's an attempt to bring some sunlit consistency to space exploration, simulating Earth-like lighting patterns to help keep the crew alert and get them ready for sleep in the evenings.
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While NASA works with U.S. industry partners to develop these capabilities, the agency also is developing the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System (SLS), a crew capsule and heavy-lift rocket to provide an entirely new capability for human exploration.
ENGADGET: NASA awards Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada $30 million in contracts