NASA bouwt nieuw ruimtevoertuig

Construction has begun on the first new NASA orbit-bound, human spacecraft to be built in 20 years. Engineers at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have started welding together the first Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. The craft is scheduled for a test flight in 2013, during which the unmanned vehicle will orbit the Earth several times. NASA's last spacecraft built to orbit humans was space shuttle Endeavour, which was completed in 1991.