NASA taps Boeing, SpaceX, Sierra Nevada to develop new spacecraft
Saturday, August 4, 2012 - 00:30
in Astronomy & Space
The three aerospace firms win $1.1 billion in NASA contracts to privately develop next-generation spacecraft that could take astronauts to the International Space Station.On a cloudless morning, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden stood at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. — where the U.S. dominated human spaceflight for half a century — and revealed plans for the space agency's next chapter.