Deep Space Capsule Comes Alive With First Weld

Construction began this week on the first new NASA spacecraft built to take humans to orbit since space shuttle Endeavour left the factory in 1991. Engineers at NASA?s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans started welding together the first space-bound Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle.

Link: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/sep/HQ_11-297_Orion_Weld.html

Time: 9. Sep. 2011

Feed: NASA Breaking News

Topics: first, space