The Aerospace Industries Association tells ANN that the Senate's
action to increase NASA's aeronautics research and development
budget and fully fund the nation's space exploration program is an
important step toward safeguarding the U.S. position as the world's
aerospace leader...
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory tipped its wings in farewell as it
departed the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force
Base, Calif., for its new home at Grand Forks, N.D., on Sept.
14.
NASA has awarded a Small Class Acquisition contract to the
Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va. The contract extends an
existing NASA Launch Services (NLS) contract awarded in 1999.