BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Nasa Moonship flight target slips

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Nasa Moonship flight target slips: "Nasa Moonship flight target slips
Orion (Nasa)
Nasa hopes its Orion ship will take it back to the Moon.



Nasa has pushed back by a year its internal target date for flying the successor to the shuttle.

Agency officials say they are now aiming for September 2014 for the first crewed mission of the Orion ship.

This is a year later than Nasa had hoped for, but still inside its March 2015 absolute deadline."