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NASA develops ISS capsule with ATK

Washington, USA - Significant commonalities with the Lockheed Martin Orion capsule

ATK Alliant Techsystems has announced the development of a space capsule for the Liberty launch vehicle (LV). The project is part of the NASA programme which aims to develop a system to launch astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). "We're starting with the service module that NASA designed for beyond low Earth orbit (LEO). We're simplifying that, we don't need to carry near as much...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1140444
Rome, Italy, 05/10/2012 12:24
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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