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NEWS ABOUT: Orion

Orion stories: 3 news summaries

 For Sale: Space Shuttle, $42M 

NASA seeking museums to purchase spacecraft after retirement

Dec 18, 08 2:58 AM CST
(Newser) - NASA is taking the unprecedented step of offering to sell the three space shuttles to museums when the workhorse vehicles are retired some time after 2010, reports the Orlando Sentinel. The space agency is seeking at least $42 million—including $6 million for shipping and handling, and the cost of... More »

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NASA • museum • space shuttle • Kennedy Space Center • Smithsonian • Orion • Ares I • Air and Space Museum

 Obama Will Face 
 Shuttle Dilemma 

NASA to transition team: We have a problem

Dec 17, 08 6:37 AM CST
(Newser) - America's aging space shuttle fleet will pose some tough questions for Barack Obama, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Bush administration has recommended the shuttle be mothballed by 2010. To avoid leaving a potentially crippling 5-year gap in America's manned space flight program, Obama's NASA team will need to decide... More »

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Barack Obama • NASA • aerospace • space shuttle • Orion • Michael Griffin • President Obama

NASA Sees Minivan for Moon

The shuttle's replacement, due in 2015, will be a utilitarian craft

Dec 9, 07 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Engineers are busy at work building America's next spacecraft, the long overdue replacement of the 33-year-old shuttle, and NASA has this advice for those who can't wait to see the finished product: Think minivan, not Ferrari. Fast Company explores the work at Lockheed and finds the Orion to be utilitarian... More »

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NASA • space shuttle • Apollo • Lockheed Martin • moon colonization • Orion

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