Russian boost for Atlas

A HIGH-FIDELITY MOCK-UP of a Russian RD-180 rocket engine at Martin Marietta Astronautics, Denver, Colorado, is being assessed for use on the company's Atlas fleet of commercial launchers. The engine, developed by NPO Energomash, is a two-chamber version of the four-chamber RD-170/171/172 engine, used on the Energia and Zenit launchers ...

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