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HOUSTON -- JSC-2013-E076038 -- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, center, talks to members of The Boeing Company's CST-100 team at the company's Houston Product Support Center near Johnson Space Center. At left is Brandon Setayesh, a mechanical engineer who helped build a fully outfitted test version of the CST-100. At right is John Elbon, vice president of Boeing's Space Exploration. Also joining Bolden during his tour of the CST-100 mock-up is Johnson Center Director Ellen Ochoa, behind Bolden at right, and other Johnson management.

Boeing's CST-100 is designed to transport a mix of crew and cargo to low-Earth-orbit destinations. Boeing is one of three aerospace industry partners working with NASA's Commercial Crew Program, or CCP, during the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability, or CCiCap, initiative, which is intended to make commercial human spaceflight services available for government and commercial customers. To learn more about CCP, visit www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew. Photo credit: NASA/James Blair