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Current News and Progress Reports

• Progress — News
• Kennedy Prepares To Host Constellation Launch Vehicle
• Thinking Big about Space Telescopes
• Additional mission for Ares I/V aimed at Armageddon
• J-2X Powerpack Test Article Installed On Test Stand
• World's Largest Rocket Stage Recovery Parachute Test is Successful
• Orion CEV eliminates hard landing from next design cycle
• NASA Awards Alliant Techsystems $1.8 Billion Capsule-Motor Contract
• ATK Highlights Progress on Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle
• NASA performs drop tests on moonship
• NASA investigation over Ares Parachute Drop Test failure
• First CLV Nozzle Component Fabrication
• NASA Finalizes Ares I Upper Stage Engine Contract
• Alliant Techsystems (ATK) Awarded $62.5 Million Contract From Orbital Sciences (ORB)
• NASA's Space Shuttle Successor Could Fly in 2013, Officials Say
• New baseline for heavier/taller Ares V
• NASA Completes Key Review of Orion Spacecraft
• The Vision at Three Years and Counting
• NASA Updates Ares I Launch Manifest
• Ares I Upper Stage change — receives additional capacity
• NASA Seeks To Set the Record Straight on Ares 1 and Orion
• NASA Adds Unmanned Orion Orbital Flight In 2013

Archived News Stories

• USA Today — NASA details plan for craft that will fly to the moon
• Washington Post — NASA Unveils $104 Billion Plan To Return to the Moon by 2018
• Washington Post — NASA Planning Moon Launch for 2018
• New York Times — NASA Planning Return to Moon Within 13 Years
• Orlando Sentinel — NASA recalls Apollo, Blueprint for trips to moon unveiled
• Orlando Sentinel — New crew-exploration vehicle would be like 'Apollo on steroids,' NASA chief says
• New York Times — Redesign Is Seen for Next Craft, NASA Aides Say
• SpaceRef.com — CEV Launcher to maximize use of Space Shuttle components
• Space.com — NASA's Moon Plans Shift into High Gear
• USA Today — NASA's future lies on moon, Mars
• The Space Review — CEV: a different approach
• Senate Hearings — Human Spaceflight: The Space Shuttle and Beyond
• Senate Hearings — Space Shuttle and the Future of Space Launch Vehicles
• NASA — The Vision Space Exploration

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