HANCOCK COUNTY — Aerojet, a GenCorp company, and Orbital Sciences Corporation, along with Aerojet’s Russian partner, SNTK, announced that a series of NK-33 rocket engine tests conducted in Samara, Russia, were successfully completed in support of the development of Orbital’s Taurus II space launch vehicle. The purpose of the extended-time testing of the NK-33 engine, [...] [...]
MADISON — NASA has selected L-3 Vertex Aerospace to receive a contract for aircraft and airfield related services at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. The contract has a maximum value of $20 million. This is a cost-plus, fixed-fee, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity single award contract that begins April 1, 2010. The base contract [...] [...]
When NASA sends Americans in space it is with rockets made at Stennis Space Center “If you are an American going into space, you are riding on rocket engines made here in Mississippi.” That’s the proud statement of John C. Stennis Space Center director Gene Goldman. When the Space Shuttle retires in 2010, NASA will [...] [...]
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