Rocket's Red Glare

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NASA contractor, Lockheed Martin have designed and built the Atlas III rocket which is propelled by a Russian engine, the RD-180. This venture has enabled a tour of the previously secret Energomash facility, near Moscow, where Russian rockets are designed and constructed.

Product information, Design and construction, Lockheed Martin Corp., LMT, Rockets (Aeronautics), Rockets (Vehicles)

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Reaching for the rings: the biggest, best, and the last of NASA's superships, Cassini takes off for Saturn

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The spacecraft Cassini and its space probe Huygens wiil be launched in Oct 1997. Cassini's outbound voyage to Saturn will take seven years. It will remain in orbit around Saturn for at least four years, taking photographs and observations of Saturn, its moons and rings.

Research, Evaluation, Spacecraft, Space vehicles, Saturn (Planet), Saturn probes

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NASA's changing fortunes

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The difficulties experienced by NASA's projects during the second half of 1998 and in 1999 are examined, with focus on the main causes of mission failures.

Management, Finance, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Space Exploration Initiative

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