NASA has awarded a total of $1.1 billion to three companies developing a manned spacecraft to help those companies complete their designs. Final designs are due May 31, 2014.
The three companies are Boeing and SpaceX, each of which is developing a capsule, and the Sierra Nevada Corporation, which is working on the winged Dream Chaser, a cousin of the space shuttle. Contrary to the company's name, SNC is headquartered in Louisville, Colorado.
Plans call for each of the new craft to fly manned test flights mid-decade.
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