NASA Vessel Visits
June 24th, 2011 by flanewsA space vehicle that will one day carry six astronauts to the International Space Station and beyond is first making a trip around the US. This weekend it is parked at the Challenger Learning Center in Tallahassee. The Multipurpose Crew Vehicle is being touted as the future of space exploration. MPCVs are smaller and set to replace space shuttles in 2016. Astronaut Charles Hobaugh hopes the new technology will help humans one day live beyond Earth’s orbit.
“A single species planet really doesn’t have a chance at living forever. You’ve got to be able to explore what else is out there and look for the other homes and see if there is a way of colonizing outside of our own planet,” said Hobaugh.
The last space shuttle launch is scheduled for July. The Orion program, which is responsible for the new space vehicle, is expected to save hundreds of jobs at the Kennedy Space Center.
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