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  • 41North American DC-3 — The DC 3 was a proposed space shuttle designed by Maxime Faget at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) in Houston. The design was nominally developed by North American Aviation (NAA), although it was a purely NASA internal design. Unlike the… …

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  • 42Vandenberg Air Force Base — Infobox Airport name = Vandenberg Air Force Base nativename = Part of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) image width = 400 caption = 15 September 1994 image2 width = 150 caption2 = FAA airport diagram IATA = VBG ICAO = KVBG FAA = VBG type = Military …

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  • 43Abkürzungen/Luftfahrt/S–Z — Dies ist der fünfte Teil der Liste Abkürzungen/Luftfahrt. Liste der Abkürzungen Teil 1 A A Teil 2 B–D B; C; D Teil 3 E–K E; F; G; H; I; J; …

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  • 44Single-stage-to-orbit — The VentureStar was a proposed SSTO spaceplane. A single stage to orbit (or SSTO) vehicle reaches orbit from the surface of a body without jettisoning hardware, expending only propellants and fluids. The term usually, but not exclusively, refers… …

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  • 45Reusable launch system — A reusable launch system (or reusable launch vehicle, RLV) is a launch system which is capable of launching a launch vehicle into space more than once. This contrasts with expendable launch systems, where each launch vehicle is launched once and… …

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  • 462008 in spaceflight — |11 January, 05:32 GMT [cite web url= http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story80.html title= 36.243 UG McCandliss/Johns Hopkins University accessdate= 2008 03 15 author= date= 2008 01 11 format= html publisher= NASA Sounding Rockets Office… …

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  • 472009 — This article is about the year. For the film, see 2009 Lost Memories . 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar.2009 has been designated as: * International Year of Astronomy. [ [http://www.iau.org/public… …

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  • 48Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar — X 20 Dyna Soar Artist s impression of the X 20 during re entry Country United States Contract award 24 October 1957 – 10 December 1963 …

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  • 49Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. — Infobox Astronaut name =Kenneth Stanley Reightler, Jr. type =Astronaut nationality =American date birth =March 24, 1951 place birth =Patuxent River, Maryland occupation =Test Pilot rank =Captain, USN selection =1987 NASA Group time =13d 15h 36m… …

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  • 50STS-134 — Infobox Space mission mission name = STS 134 insignia = Shuttle Patch.svg shuttle = Discovery launch pad = KSC LC 39A launch = 2010 landing = TBD duration = TBD altitude = 225 km (122 nautical miles) inclination = 51.6 degrees distance = TBD crew …

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