Andrews Space
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Andrews Space is a small aerospace company based in Seattle, Washington.
Andrews Space, Inc. was founded in 1999 to develop space systems. Andrews provides aerospace services for commercial, civil, and military customers with an emphasis on affordability.
Current projects
- Rocketplane Kistler K-1 reusable space vehicle
- Air Collection and Enrichment System(ACES) - Proposes to generate Liquid Oxygen fuel in flight from the atmosphere[citation needed]
- Gryphon RLV vehicle HTHL spacecraft
- MicroX Microsatellite[citation needed]
- NASA's Cislunar Flight Experiment[citation needed]
- Andrews Cargo Module - Unmanned cargo logistics system and candidate for NASA COTS[citation needed]
Future projects
Andrews Space was chosen as one of six finalists for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, though they were not selected for funding.[citation needed] In November 2010, Andrews Space was selected by NASA for consideration for potential contract awards for heavy lift launch vehicle system concepts, and propulsion technologies.[1]
See also
- Reusable launch system
- Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
- List of private spaceflight companies
References
- ^ "NASA Selects Companies for Heavy-Lift Vehicle Studies". NASA. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
External links
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