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Article: NASA'S EXPLORATION SYSTEMS PROGRESS REPORT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 22, 2006
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NASA issued the following press release:
NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate in Washington has issued a Request for Information. It asks the aerospace industry for input regarding the strategy of a key element of a new spacecraft intended to lift American explorers toward the moon and Mars.
The component is the second or upper stage of the Crew Launch Vehicle, the successor to the space shuttle and the anticipated flagship in NASA's next-generation space fleet.
The upper stage is in development by the Constellation Systems Launch Vehicles Project Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The upper stage component is expected to be propelled by a J-2X ...