NASA's hopes of manned flights before 2014 are dashed as Orion programme hits first hold-up

By 2006-09-13T10:00:00

Lockheed Martin Orion W200

NASA will fail to meet its goal of flying manned Orion missions before 2014, as the first delay emerges for the new spaceship's development timetable just a week after its prime contractor, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, was selected.

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