NASA considering reducing shuttle crews as Orbital Space Plane comes online

NASA is considering reducing the number of crew aboard the space shuttle to two or three as its proposed Orbital Space Plane (OSP) takes over the role of transporting crew to and from the International Space Station (ISS). Currently, crewmembers are transported to and from the ISS either aboard the...

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