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Lockheed, surprise winner of NASA's Moon vehicle contract

Chicago Sun-Times: NASA on Thursday awarded a multibillion-dollar contract to build a manned lunar spaceship.

The nation's space agency plans to use the Orion crew exploration vehicle to replace the space shuttle fleet, take astronauts to the moon and perhaps to Mars.

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