NASA's Moon Mission Delayed Due to Budget Cuts

March 1, 2007 By KASIE HUNT, AP Writer NASA's Moon Mission Delayed Due to Budget Cuts

NASA is going to delay its new Orion spacecraft until 2015 due to significant budget cuts, NASA administrator Michael Griffin told. This artist's rendering represents a concept of possible activities during future Moon exploration missions. Credit: NASA

(AP) -- NASA will delay the first manned flight of the new spacecraft designed to take humans back to the moon because of budget constraints, the agency's boss said Wednesday.



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