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Crew Exploration Vehicle

Crewed Spacecraft

The Crew Exploration Vehicle, or CEV, was the name given to a spacecraft NASA set out to build as part of the agency's Vision for Space Exploration plan. NASA ran a competition among aerospace contractors to design a vehicle capable of carrying astronauts to the destinations the plan called for, and the winning design became the Orion spacecraft. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Manufactured By

Lockheed Martin Corporation

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Wikipedia: Crew Exploration Vehicle
  • In Group: Crewed Space Capsules, The Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) was a component of the U.S. NASA Vision for Space Exploration plan. A competition was held to design a spacecraft that could carry humans to the destinatio
  • Operated By: NASA, Introduction
    The Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) was a component of the U.S. NASA Vision for Space Exploration plan.
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Wikidata: Crew Exploration Vehicle
Wikidata Q969345, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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