NASA awards study contracts for Shuttle fly-back booster

Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. won $1 million contracts from NASA to study a possible fly-back booster upgrade to the Space Shuttle, NASA announced yesterday. Instead of falling into the ocean, the boosters would fly back to the launch site after detaching from the Shuttle (DAILY, May 23). The...

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