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NASA Taps 3 Firms to Continue Commercial Spacecraft Development

Julie Samuel

Monday, August 6th, 2012

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NASA chose three aerospace companies to continue working over the next two years on commercial spaceships intended to carry astronauts to the International Space Station by 2016. The space agency awarded Boeing’s [BA] Houston operation, Space X of Hawthorne, Calif., and Sierra Nevada Corp. of Louisville, Colo. so-called Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) contracts worth more than a combined $1.1 billion to design and develop the spacecraft that are intended to take the place of NASA’s now-retired space shuttle. The agency intends…

Space

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Congress

Graham Says GOP To Move Ahead On Second Reconciliation Bill, With Defense Funds As Priority

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Pentagon

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Congress

Counter-Drone Flyaway Kit Used In U.S. In Early Hours Of Iran Strikes, NORTHCOM Head Says

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