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  • NASA Announces Engine Development Contract

    06.05.06 - NASA has awarded Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc. a letter contract with a maximum value of $50 million to initiate design, development, test and evaluation of the J-2X engine for the agency's crew and cargo launch vehicles.

  • NASA Announces Distribution of Constellation Work

    06.05.06 - NASA announced Monday agency center responsibilities associated with the Constellation Program for robotic and human moon and Mars exploration.

  • NASA Presents Exploration Program Update

    06.01.06 - The NASA Administrator, Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems and Constellation Program Manager will brief the media at 2:30 p.m. EDT Monday, June 5.

  • Exploration Systems Progress Report

    05.18.06 - NASA has chosen the RS-68 engine to power the core stage of the agency's heavy lift cargo launch vehicle intended to carry large payloads to the moon.

  • Crew Exploration Vehicle Contracts Extended

    03.27.06 - NASA has authorized contract extensions for development of the agency's new Crew Exploration Vehicle.

  • Exploration Systems Progress Report

    03.22.06 - NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate has issued a Request for Information that asks the aerospace industry for input regarding the strategy of a key element of a new spacecraft intended to lift American explorers toward the moon and Mars.

  • NASA's Exploration Systems Progress Report

    02.14.06 - Testing is under way by NASA engineers to lay the foundation for developing the Crew Launch Vehicle, the agency's future launch vehicle system.

  • NASA Refines Design For Crew Exploration Vehicle

    01.11.06 - NASA's Constellation Program is making progress toward selecting a prime contractor to design, develop and build the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), America's first new human spacecraft in 30 years.

  • NASA Selects Team to Build Lunar Lander

    09.30.05 - NASA announced the selection of the Marshall and Goddard Space Flight Centers to lead a team in the development of a lunar lander spacecraft.

  • NASA Releases Plans for Spacecraft

    09.19.05 - Administrator Griffin today released the results of the agency's exploration architecture study – a blueprint for the spacecraft to take humans back to the moon and on to Mars and other destinations.

  • Human, Robotic Programs Lessons Learned

    11.19.04 - Members of NASA's human and robotic programs are cooperating in new ways to support the Vision for Space Exploration.

  • Bush: Humans 'Headed Into the Cosmos'

    01.14.04 - The President proposes a return to the moon and journeys beyond.