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40 years ago, classified Shuttle mission foreshadowed Challenger's fatal flaw
Roger Boisjoly, an engineer at Morton Thiokol, which manufactured the Space Shuttle SRBs, later told a hearing into the Challenger accident: "SRM 15 [STS 51-C] actually increased [our] concern ...
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Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems readies SRBs for first...
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems continues production of solid rocket booster (SRB) segments ... unchanged from its Shuttle heritage. The RSRMV is an evolution of the Space Shuttle Reusable ...
US military’s mini space shuttle returns to Earth after orbiting for 434 days on a secret mission
The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle has returned to Earth after circling the world for 434 days.
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NASA’s Hot Rod Pontiac Helped Design the Space Shuttle
What if we told you the federal branch reaching out to the gearhead crowd wasn’t even the Department of Transportation ... s nascent shuttle design into the later space age.