Tag: Atlas

Atlas Space Station

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Mercury

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SEN 89A-F1

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Top view – Artist conception of the Mercury-Atlas 5 emergency escape system. Bottom view – The orbital flight plan of the Mercury-Atlas 5, showing visually the sequence of events of launch and recovery of the spacecraft.

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Outpost III

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Dream Chaser

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — This is an artist’s conception of the Dream Chaser spacecraft integrated with an Atlas V rocket. Dream Chaser is under development by Sierra Nevada of Centennial, Colo., for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP). In 2011, NASA selected Sierra Nevada during Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) activities to mature the design and development of a crew transportation system with the overall goal of accelerating a United States-led capability to the International Space Station. United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V also is being considered under CCDev2. The goal of CCP is to drive down the cost of space travel as well as open up space to more people than ever before by balancing industry’s own innovative capabilities with NASA’s 50 years of human spaceflight experience. Five other aerospace companies also are maturing launch vehicle and spacecraft designs under CCDev2, including Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK), The Boeing Co., Excalibur Almaz Inc., Blue Origin, and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — This is an artist’s conception of the Dream Chaser spacecraft under development by Sierra Nevada of Centennial, Colo., for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP). In 2011, NASA selected Sierra Nevada during Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) activities to mature the design and development of a crew transportation system with the overall goal of accelerating a United States-led capability to the International Space Station. The goal of CCP is to drive down the cost of space travel as well as open up space to more people than ever before by balancing industry’s own innovative capabilities with NASA’s 50 years of human spaceflight experience. Six other aerospace companies also are maturing launch vehicle and spacecraft designs under CCDev2, including Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK), The Boeing Co., Excalibur Almaz Inc., Blue Origin, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), and United Launch Alliance (ULA). For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew. Image credit: Sierra Nevada Corp.

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