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Agency Moves to Implement Deep Space Exploration Plan
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA plans to add an unmanned flight test of the Orion spacecraft in early 2014 to its contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems for the multi- purpose crew vehicle's design, development, test and evaluation. This test supports the new Space Launch System (SLS) that will take astronauts farther into space than ever before, create U.S. jobs, and provide the cornerstone for America's future human spaceflight efforts.
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DULLES, Va. -- Initial Five-Year Subcontract from Lockheed Martin Valued at Approximately $250 Million
Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB) today...
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Rocketplane Ltd. has hired David Urie as its vice president and program manager. He will oversee the production and operations of the company's Rocketplane XP sub-orbital launch vehicle.
Urie will manage the design, production, and flight testing of the Rocketplane XP. He is also assembling a core team of engineers and designers to carry out the company's program development plan, as well as developing production facilities in Oklahoma City and Burns Flat.
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...SUBCHAPTER C: LICENSING. PART 415: LAUNCH LICENSE. Subpart C: Safety Review and Approval for... orbital insertion for an orbital launch vehicle, and through impact for a suborbital launch vehicl...(c) Design. A launch vehicle must be designed to ensure that ...
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...SUBCHAPTER C: LICENSING. PART 415: LAUNCH LICENSE. Subpart F: Safety Review and Approval forr Launch of an Expendable Launch Vehicle From a Non-Federal Launch Site. 415.127 - Flight ...
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...Oct 14, 2011 . NASA's Space Launch System to be most powerful ever built. NASA has en... of speculation by confirming the final design of its new heavy lift launch vehicle called the Sp...
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WASHINGTON, March 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA put the squeeze on a large rocket test section today. Results from this structural strength test at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will help future heavy-lift launch vehicles weigh less and reduce development costs.
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... the launch of expendable launch vehicles. This action is necessary to codify current launch... or other protected area, establishes designated impact limits to bound the area where debris with ...
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After dominating the U.S. sport utility vehicle (SUV) market in the 1990s, Ford Motor Co took a wrong turn in tracking consumer tastes. But the auto giant was betting it could get back on the map with a massive project to develop the Edge, its first official entry in the emerging crossover utility vehicle (CUV) segment. Designing and launching a vehicle that will define a new category of automobiles is no small undertaking. It would end up costing in excess of half a billion dollars and taking thousands of team members more than three years to complete the Edge project. Ford didn't have much of a choice. With SUV sales slumping, the company realized it hadn't been paying enough attention to the evolving tastes of US drivers. Consumers were looking for alternatives to their oversized SUV...
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...SUBCHAPTER C: LICENSING. PART 417: LAUNCH SAFETY. Subpart E: Ground Safety. 417.413 - Hazar...Launch vehicle systems must not be pressurized to more than 25% oof the system's design burst pressure, when the public has access to the ...