NASA Announces Contractor To Build New Human Spacecraft

WASHINGTON - AUGUST 31: (L-R) NASA Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Scott Horowitz, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration System Mission Directorate Doug Cooke, NASA Constellation Program Manager Jeffrey Hanley, and Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) Project Office Manager Caris Hatfield, attend a news conference to announce the prime contractor to build Orion, America's next human spacecraft, August 31, 2006 at the NASA headquarters in Washington, DC. NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to be the prime contractor to design, develop, and build the new generation of spacecraft. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)