No turning back on shuttle retirement, officials say
With contracts being closed out and facilities turned over for work on the new Orion and Ares vehicles, the space shuttle has reached the point of no return from its scheduled 2010 retirement date, according to NASA officials. Some lawmakers, such as Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), have...
Subscription Required
This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.
Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.
Already an AWIN subscriber? Login
Did you know? Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.




