NASA Studying Side-mounted Atlas V Cargo Carrier
Credit: NASA
Engineers at NASA and United Launch Alliance are studying whether it will be possible to fly suborbital scientific payloads piggyback on an Atlas V launch vehicle. They would ride in a side-mounted carrier that mimics the shape and weight of one of the rocket’s optional solid-rocket boosters. The...
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