Aug 31 2006
From The Space Library
NASA announced its selection of Lockheed Martin as the primary contractor to design, develop, test, and evaluate NASA’s new CEV, Orion, which would replace the Space Shuttle as the crew transportation vehicle. Orion would be able to carry four crew members to the Moon, to transport up to six persons to the ISS, and to support crew transfers for Mars missions. The contract’s estimated value was US$3.9 billion. NASA expected work on Orion to occur between 8 September 2006 and 7 September 2013. Although all of NASA’s 10 centers would provide technical and engineering support for the project, Lockheed Martin would perform the majority of the engineering work at NASA’s JSC and would complete the final assembly at NASA’s KSC. NASA planned for Orion’s first crewed launch to occur no later than 2014 and for the CEV’s first human mission to the Moon to occur by 2020.
NASA, “NASA Selects Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle Prime Contractor,” news release 06-305, 31 August 2006, http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/aug/HQ_06305_Orion_contract.html (accessed 15 March 2010).
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