Boeing executive Michael Mott, a former senior NASA official and U.S. Marine Corps aviator, died Nov. 19 at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston after a battle with lymphoma. He was 56.
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Data From NASA’s Aura Spacecraft Data Poses, Helps Resolve Arctic Ozone Riddle
NASA Urged To Study Titan 4 Phase-Out For Lessons on How To Retire Shuttles
WASHINGTON — Industry officials say NASA should act soon if it wants the space shuttle program to avoid the “going out of business” mindset that pervaded some expendable rocket programs in the late 1990s as the U.S. Air Force began its transition to the Atlas 5 and Delta 4 evolved expendable launch vehicles.
U.S. Air Force Unshaken by Delta 4 Heavy Performance
WASHINGTON — Having had more than two weeks to analyze data from the shaky debut of Boeing Co.’s Delta 4 heavy-lift rocket, U.S. Air Force officials remain confident that the vehicle will be able to successfully launch two critical national security satellites later this year.
Much Riding on the Delta 4 for USAF, Boeing
WASHINGTON — Boeing Co. and the U.S. Air Force have a lot more riding on the first mission of the heavy-lift Delta 4 rocket than the demonstration payload it is supposed to carry into space, officials said.