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Atlas V Moves Closer To Human Rating

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
November 22, 2011
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United Launch Alliance Completes Crucial Milestone Toward Certifying Atlas V for Human Spaceflight
“ULA has successfully completed the second required major performance milestone of its Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) Unfunded Space Act Agreement. The Design Equivalency Review (DER) completes a rigorous assessment of the flight-proven Atlas V launch vehicle’s compliance with NASA human spaceflight requirements. Three of the four current NASA CCDev partners providing commercial crew integrated services have selected Atlas V as their launch vehicle.”

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