Boeing unveils his ship to travel into space

Designed to carry seven people and like the Apollo spacecraft that traveled to the moon, will be launched in 2014

The aerospace giant Boeing has unveiled plans to build a space capsule that could carry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS, for its acronym in English) or other missions, NASA once the ferry has been withdrawn and opt for business travel beyond the atmosphere. The project artifact has been shown in the Farnborough International Air Show (FIA) , which is held these days in this town near London.

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The low cost spacecraft, dubbed Crew Space Transportation-100 (CCT-100) is designed to carry seven astronauts on short missions of up to 100 kilometers above the Earth's surface. Its appearance is very reminiscent of the Apollo spacecraft that carried astronauts to the Moon in the decades of 60 and 70, but it is larger.
Once completed, the ship will be able to remain docked to a space station in orbit up to seven months, and will be protected during return to Earth by a special heat shield. Down with the help of a parachute and an airbag cushion the landing. Each ship can fly ten times before being removed.

Boeing has announced that, if you have sufficient funding, the first CAT-100 will be launched from Florida in 2014. NASA will not be your only client. The company Bigelow Aerospace , which built the first commercial space station in the world, is also ready to use.
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