Orbital Sciences Corporation is proposing a blended lifting body vehicle that will launch atop an expendable launch vehicle in response to NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Development-2 contract solicitation.<\/a> The proposed configuration will provide safe and affordable transportation services to and from the International Space Station. The vehicle will carry a crew of four astronauts, and will reenter the Earth\u2019s atmosphere and land on a conventional runway similar to a Space Shuttle.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
The launch vehicle proposed for the launch stack is the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Orbital\u2019s press release mentions that the whole configuration is flexible enough to accommodate other launch vehicles as well.<\/p>\n
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Orbital is leading a team of world-class space system manufacturers. The pressurized crew compartment will be provided by Thales Alenia Space, the human-rated avionics will be the responsibility of Honeywell and Draper Laboratory, and the United Launch Alliance will supply the launch vehicle. Northrop Grumman will be the airframe structures designer.<\/p>\n
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