NASA names CEV 'Orion'
NASA has named its planned Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) "Orion" after the ancient Greek god of the hunt, continuing the practice started in the 1960s with the Apollo lunar-exploration spacecraft. Administrator Michael Griffin has called the Orion vehicle - essentially an Apollo-like capsule...
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