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NASA Shoots For the Moon With Constellation Program October 30, 2007

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NASA announced Tuesday which agency centers will take responsibility for specific work to enable astronauts to explore the moon. The new assignments cover elements of the
lunar lander and lunar surface operations. The agency also announced work
assignments for Ares V, a heavy-lift rocket for lunar missions.

“NASA’s Constellation Program is making real progress toward sending
astronauts to the moon,” said Rick Gilbrech, associate administrator for
Exploration Systems, NASA Headquarters, Washington in a statement . “Work on our new fleet of rockets and spacecraft, Ares I and Orion, is already well under way. With these new assignments, NASA will launch the next phase of its exploration strategy – landing crews and cargo on the surface of the moon.”