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NASA plans to return Americans to moon by 2018
www.chinaview.cn 2005-09-20 08:34:33

An artist's concept of the proposed Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV)

An artist's concept of the proposed Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) (NASA/Reuters)

The launch of a proposed crew vehicle is pictured in this handout image released Sept. 19.

The launch of a proposed crew vehicle is pictured in this handout image released Sept. 19. (NASA/Reuters)

The United States will send four astronauts to the moon in 2018 in a major return to its pioneering manned missions into space, NASA administrator Michael Griffin announced.

US astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969. (AFP/NASA/File)


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