Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft
Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 15:49
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is using powerful computers and software programs to design the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires. But those computers will have their work checked the old-fashioned way with the first of several uncrewed demonstration launches beginning in 2009.