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   High Alpha Research Vehicle

   The High Alpha (angle of attack) Research Vehicle was a modified F/A-18 Hornet used by NASA in a 3-phase program investigating controlled flight at high angles of attack using thrust vectoring, modifications to the flight controls, and forebody strakes.
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   NASA

   Once more an American vehicle docked with a Russian craft, this time a full-fledged space station. ... One ex-USN C-9B was taken in hand in 2005 to replace the famous KC-135s used in NASA's Reduced Gravity Research Program.
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   NASA Research Park

   Moreover, since the VSE reduced research due to funding constraints in order to build the new Crew Exploration Vehicle and retire the Space Shuttle, the Business Plan agreed that the NRP partners could take on the burden of fundamental and applied research in emerging technology areas such as nanotechnology and biotechnology, allowing NASA to focus on its core objectives. ... These revenues can be used to fund vital Ames capital projects.
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   Crew Return Vehicle

   The HL-20 Crew Rescue Vehicle was based on the Personnel Launch System (PLS) concept being developed by NASA as an outgrowth of earlier lifting body research. ... The ram-air inflated parafoil used in the flight test program was the largest in the world, with a surface area of 7,500 ft² (700 m²).
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   International Space Station

   Produced by NASA and launched in February 2001, it is a research facility for general experiments, providing space for 24 International Standard Payload Racks, some of which are used for environmental systems and living equipment. ... Russian (Roskosmos) Progress spacecraft — resupply vehicle
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   Orion (spacecraft)

   Although it appears that the plan will not be followed exactly, it is possible that elements of it will still be used as a baseline for Constellation exploration strategies (for example, Stage I appears to have become a NASA strategy). ... Centrifuge Accommodations Module (CAM) · Universal Docking Module (UDM) · Docking and Stowage Module (DSM) · Habitation Module · Crew Return Vehicle (CRV/ACRV) · Propulsion Module · Science Power Platform (SPP) · Russian Research Module (RM)
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   Atmospheric reentry

   Mk-12A RV retrofitted with hafnium diboride strakes for a NASA research project (Sharp-B2) ... "Re-Entry Vehicle Dynamics" has been out-of-print for years and currently no used copies are listed on the Internet.
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   Lunar Landing Research Vehicle

   Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) was used to practice lunar landing techniques on Earth. (NASA)
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   Rocket

   In America, the same rockets that were designed to rain down on Britain were used instead by scientists as research vehicles for developing the new technology further. ... ↑ NASA CR-566
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    List of ISS spacewalks

    ↑ Boeing/NASA/United Space Alliance (2001). ... Centrifuge Accommodations Module (CAM) · Universal Docking Module (UDM) · Docking and Stowage Module (DSM) · Habitation Module · Crew Return Vehicle (CRV/ACRV) · Propulsion Module · Science Power Platform (SPP) · Russian Research Module (RM)

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