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Lockeed-Martin has been selected to design and build a new manned spacecraft....
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Finding a heavy lift vehicle.
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April 12, 1961. Exactly 100 years after shots were fired at Fort Sumter,...
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Spacecraft Orion: what’s it fo...
The long-awaited Orion spacecraft has been unveiled by Lockheed Martin. The...
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