CEV Mockup Construction in Building 9NW

JSC2005-E-42348 (18 October 2005) --- NASA recently started assembling this full-sized mockup of the new Crew Exploration Vehicle's (CEV) cockpit in its Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. The CEV is the key to making NASA's Vision for Space Exploration a reality. Though the shape is reminiscent of the Apollo command modules of four decades ago, the new capsule will be three times larger and is designed to carry four astronauts to and from the Moon, support up to six crew members on future missions to Mars and deliver crew and supplies to the international space station.