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Crew Exploration Vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4384 words) |
 | To allow the CEV to service the International Space Station, it will use a simplified version of the Russian-developed docking ring currently in use on the remaining Shuttle fleet, but with the ability of being discarded upon the ending of the mission. |
| The CEV service module is identical in shape (but not in size) to its Apollo predecessor, but unlike the Apollo SM, the new CEV SM, which will be shorter in height, will feature a pair of deployable Soyuz-like solar panels, eliminating the need to carry fuel cells and hydrogen tanks. |
| Lockheed Martin's CEV design is in many ways a derivative of their OSP [5]; therefore it is possible that the Boeing CEV is a capsule rather than a lifting body or plane design. |
| WEB EXCLUSIVE CEV vs. Apollo - Popular Science (257 words) |
| Yet CEV will be only 10 to 15 percent heavier, because it will be made from newer materials such as carbon composites and aluminum alloys. |
| CEV will carry more fuel than Apollo, so astronauts will be able to go anywhere on the face of the moon. |
| CEV’s computers will be much more powerful than Apollo’s, enabling all four astronauts to descend to the moon’s surface while their spaceship orbits in autopilot mode. |
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