NASA to increase Artemis fleet, orders 3 more crew capsules

Washington DC (UPI) Oct 21, 2021

NASA is furthering its plans to set up a space station on the moon and send the first astronauts to Mars by ordering three more crew capsules for its Artemis mission. The mission's primary contractor Lockheed Martin announced the plans for three additional Orion spacecraft on Thursday. The cost of the three capsules is about $1.99 billion. The new Orion crew capsules will be used