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Boeing and Northrop Grumman "towards the Moon and beyond"

Washington, USA - The two companies to cooperate for the production of a double-staged spacecraft to bring man to the Earth's satellite again and go beyond

Boeing and Northrop Grumman are expected to play an important role within the US space programme aimed to start a new space exploration age. The two American companies signed a cooperation agreement intended to start the development of an aircraft suitable to bring man to the Moon again but also to go beyond towards other planets. The firms will show a general project by next Summer which already appears...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 112908
Rome, Italy, 01/26/2005 16:01
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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