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SPACE MANUFACTURER

INTERNATIONAL SPACE 13 YEARS AGO

STATION

oeing - NASA’s lead industry
Bpartner for the Internati onal Space

Station since 1993 - will continue support-

ing the celebrated orbiting laboratory until

September 2024 under a (US) $916 million
contract extension awarded recently.
Boeing will provide engineering support
services, resources and personnel for

activities aboard the ISS and manage many

of the station’s systems. Work will be done
at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Centre in
Houston, the John F. Kennedy Space Centre
at Cape Canaveral, Florida and Marshall
Space Flight Centre in Huntsville, Alabama,
as well as other locations around the world. partners have agreed to extend ISS oper- Boeing people have contributed to

The contract is valued at about (US) $225 ations to at least 2024. Recent structural human spaceflight for more than 50 years,

million annually. analysis shows that the spacecraft contin- including the Mercury and Gemini cap- Air Show, it was announced that Airlines. However, both aerospace manufacturer

“As the International Space Station marks ues to be safe and mission-capable. sules; development of the Saturn V rocket; Dreamliner had won with around airlines eventually converted had delivered 972 787s. This

its 20th year of human habitation, Boeing NASA selected Boeing as the ISS prime Apollo command and service modules; he Boeing 787 Dream- half a million votes. their respective orders to the consisted of 374 -8, 542 -9s,

continues to enhance the utility and live- contractor in 1993. and space shuttle fleet, in addition to the Tliner has become such a In December of 2003, the 787-8 by January 2010. and 56 -10s. With a total of

ability of the orbiting lab we built for NASA Throughout development, assembly, ISS. Boeing is building on this legacy with staple of long-haul aviation; it’s Dreamliner was approved for According to Boeing’s 1,510 unfulfilled Dreamliner

decades ago,” said John Mulholland, Boeing habitation and daily operations aboard ISS, its CST-100 Starliner, a spacecraft devel- hard to believe that the type is offer to airlines. It was officially order books at the end of orders, there are still plenty

vice president and programme manager for Boeing has partnered closely with NASA oped in partnership with NASA’s Commer- launched in April 2004 with a May 2020, the American more aircraft to come. Q
the International Space Station. to help the agency and its international cial Crew Programme. so young. 50 aircraft order from ANA, the

“We thank NASA for their confidence in partners safely host astronauts and cosmo- The company is also building the core Just 13 years ago Boeing launch customer. In January
our team and the opportunity to support nauts for months at a time. The astronauts stage of NASA’s space launch system, revealed its youngest, totally 2005, Boeing replaced the E in DON’T BE BROKEN-HEARTED

the agency’s vital work in spaceflight and conduct microgravity experiments that a rocket powerful enough to lift astro- new aircraft design to the world. 7E7 with an eight, making the

deep-space exploration for the benefit of help treat disease, increase food produc- nauts and spacecraft to destinations Since the first peek at Boeing’s aircraft’s designation 787. OVER A BROKEN ENGINE.

all humankind.” tion, and manufacture technology impossi- beyond Earth orbit, such as lunar original design, almost 1,000 787 Engine Breakdown Cover.
Dreamliners have been delivered

Congress, NASA and its international ble to produce on Earth’s surface. orbit and Mars. Q to customers around the world. THE BIG REVEAL Insure now with
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HELICOPTERS Boeing production line. Indeed, 2006, Boeing already had almost

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both the 737 MAX and 777X have more than the Airbus A380 sold
taken their first flights. However,

60 YEARS IN JAPAN these aircraft were based on in its entire life span. Then, on

July 8th, 2003, Boeing pulled
pre-existing designs, meaning

that the 787 is Boeing’s youngest back the curtains, revealing the
787 for the whole world to see.

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