June 20, 2005

June 20, 2005

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Fast Pace

By FRANK MORRING, JR. ,MICHAEL A. TAVERNA5 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Clean Sweep

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Rollout

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Fast Pace

Northrop Grumman/Boeing, Lockheed Martin to compete for 2006 shuttle replacement deal

By FRANK MORRING, JR. ,MICHAEL A. TAVERNA5 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Clean Sweep

WASHINGTON and PARIS NASA’s four main activities all will get new top managers as fledgling Administrator Michael D. Griffin takes control at agency headquarters with a push to replace the space shuttle. William F. Readdy, head of the Space Operations Mission Directorate, plans to step down after the upcoming mission returning the space shuttle to flight for the first time since the shuttle Columbia was lost on Feb. 1,2003.
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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Rollout

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER The space shuttle Discovery, equipped with a replacement external tank and solid rocket boosters, inches toward Pad 39B here on its Mobile Launcher Platform, carried atop an Apollo-era crawler. The June 15 rollout to the pad, after the tank switch, sets the shuttle program up for a return to flight July 13-31, pending final critical meetings.
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Contrails

"For those who fly.…or long to."
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Paris 2005

Powering Ahead

Engine makers target research for next-generation A320 and 737 replacements

By ROBERT WALL,MICHAEL MECHAM7 min

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WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP

World News Roundup

RUSSIA Russia sent the unmanned Progress 18 spacecraft toward a June 18 docking with the International Space Station, after a nominal launch at 7:09 p.m. EDT on June 16. The vehicle’s cargo included oxygen supplies that would be critical for the space shuttle Discovery’s planned flight in mid-July.
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Catching the Wave

Bombardier seeks to build momentum for its C-Series jet, as others cash in

By JOSEPH C. ANSELMO,MICHAEL A. TAVERNA,ROBERT WALL6 min

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Paris 2005

Ramping Up

As the industry recovers and demand jumps, Airbus, Boeing ponder boosting production

By MICHAEL MECHAM,ROBERT WALL6 min

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Paris 2005

Unmanned Unveiled

Neuron demonstrator focuses future European combat UAV effort

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA,ROBERT WALL6 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Morphing Rockets

Could step-by-step evolution of the Atlas V family be NASA’s route to the Moon and Mars?

By WILLIAM B. SCOTT5 min

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