The largest liquid rocket engine built since the Apollo moon program was fired on Saturday by Beal Aerospace. Aqua gets instruments TRW Inc. has completed the complex task of integrating all six science instruments onto the Aqua spacecraft, the second in NASA's series of Earth Observing System satellites. An experiment that could lead to a breakthrough in the design of space vehicles successfully completed its final design review in February and is planned for flight demonstration in June aboard a Minuteman 3 missile. Next Launch A Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS is scheduled to launch a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on Sept. 8 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Visit the Tracking Station for a full listing of upcoming launches.
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