NASA to develop new spacecraft to take astronauts into space

The new spacecraft is dubbed the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), and will be designed to carry four astronauts at a time into deep space on 21-day missions,  Bolden said. 

Bolden added that the spacecraft will be 10-times safer than existing spacecraft during ascent and reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere.

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