Inside Boeing's New Commercial Space Capsule
CST-100 Interior The CST-100 features a control console with touch-panel digital displays as well as "Sky Interior" LED lighting. collectSPACE Boeing unveils interior design of its new spacecraft. From the outside, Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft model resembles a high-tech gumdrop. On the inside, it's a spacious, LED-glowing dream. The new commercial vehicle is designed to transport NASA astronauts to and from low Earth orbit. Boeing recently unveiled the interior for the first time. Bigelow Aerospace constructed the capsule's exterior shell, which is 14.8 feet wide. Inside the vehicle are two rows of seats for five astronauts. Two additional seats can be added if necessary to fit up to seven passengers. Passengers enter from the side hatch and exit from the overhead hatch upon docking to the International Space Station, and frontal and portal windows will offer views of space (eee!). The control console, which features touch-panel digital displays, hands above the...