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Moffett Field CA (SPX) March 1, 2006 NASA is inviting news media representatives to view a scale model of the new Crew Exploration Vehicle at its Ames Research Center on March 7. Reporters are invited to view the CEV model in Ames' Unitary Wind Tunnel complex. Engineers have been conducting wind-tunnel tests of the new spacecraft, which is expected to become the central vehicle in the Vision for Space Exploration proposed by President George W. Bush in January 2004. The tests are simulating airflow and temperature changes the CEV will have to experience in atmospheric flight, and they are among the first steps in the process to develop a new space-travel system to return humans to the Moon and support later missions to Mars. Officials originally had set Feb. 28 for the viewing, but postponed the event, they said, to ensure that reporters could view the model close-up inside the facility's wind tunnel. Related Links CEV NASA AMES NASA
Lockheed Martin And ATK Achieve Final Qualification Of Orbus 1A Motor
Denver CO (SPX) Mar 01, 2006Lockheed Martin has announced that the ORBUS 1A second- and third-stage solid rocket motor has completed qualification testing for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA's) Boost Vehicle-Plus (BV+) program. Alliant Techsystems supplies the ORBUS 1A motor.
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