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 by Staff Writers Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 31, 2018
NASA and the US Air Force have certified Russia's RD-180 engines for Atlas V carrier rockets to used for manned spaceflights by US astronauts, Igor Arbuzov, director general of Russia's major rocket engine manufacturer JSC NPO Energomash and the United Launch Alliance, said in an interview with Sputnik. "Yes, as of today, RD-180 is certified by NASA to perform manned flights," Arbuzov said. He explained that a commission comprised of NASA and US Air Force representatives had conducted an audit of compliance of NPO Energomash's technological processes and management system with US requirements last year. "They issued a conclusion that our system complies with the requirements for conducting manned missions," Arbuzov said. According to Energomash's director general, the first flight of an Atlas V carrier rocket with Russia's RD-180 engines, which will carry a Starliner spacecraft and crew on board, should take place in February 2019. An unmanned launch is scheduled for November 2018. After US-Russia relations worsened over the Crimean issue in 2014, US lawmakers have forced limits on future RD-180 purchases, passing a law that required the US to phase out the Russian-made engines in favor of domestically produced next-generation rocket propulsion systems. Source: Sputnik News
Latest Blue Origin Launch Tests Technologies of Interest to Space Exploration Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2018 On July 18, 2018, at 8:35 am PDT, Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard rocket from the company's West Texas launch site with five NASA-supported technologies onboard. For each of these payloads, this flight was one in a series of suborbital demonstrations to facilitate technology development. The flight helped researchers collect critical data to help them confirm theories, refine previous results and fine-tune experiments for future testing. Selected for flight test by Flight O ... read more
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