Manned Mission Around Moon Slips Two Years

Credit: NASA/Radislav Sinyak
Top NASA managers have delayed the “committed” target for the Orion deep-space capsule’s first flight with astronauts on board from August 2021 until April 2023, relying on White House spending levels to conclude they can’t justify the required 70% confidence level for the earlier date. Associate...

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