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, Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) Project Office Manager Caris Hatfield and NASA Constellation Program Manager Jeffrey Hanley, hold a model of Orion, America's next human spacecraft, during a news conference to announce the prime contractor to build the spacecraft, August 31, 2006 at 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)