NASA asks Navy to mothball ICM for Station Alpha emergencies

NASA has asked the Naval Research Laboratory to stop work on the Interim Control Module (ICM) for Space Station Alpha and put the converted upper stage in mothballs as a hedge against a possible Russian failure to deliver propulsion capability to the orbiting facility. Daniel Hedin, chief of staff...

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