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NASA plans to buy ULA’s Centaur V, the upper stage for its Vulcan rocket, for the Space Launch System.<\/p>\n

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CAPE CANAVERAL\u2014NASA plans to switch contractors to supply the upper stage for its Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket from the Boeing<\/a>-built Exploration Upper Stage to United Launch Alliance\u2019s (ULA) Centaur V. The switch was formally unveiled in a document posted March 6 on NASA\u2019s procurement…<\/p>\n

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Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.<\/p>\n

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