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Servicing the Boeing Shuttle Fleet
Palmdale, California — In September, Space Shuttle Atlantis departed Palmdale aboard a Boeing 747, following a 10-month tune-up at our Assembly, Integration, and Test Center. In addition to scheduled maintenance, major orbiter upgrades were incorporated to improve Atlantis’ safety and mission performance while reducing costs and processing cycle time. Among these upgrades were glass-panel cockpit displays and improvements to support the shuttle fleet’s planned 36 missions to assemble the International Space Station over the next six years. Boeing is under contract to the United Space Alliance for shuttle orbiter production, modifications and operations, and for overall shuttle system and payload integration services, with additional responsibility for launch and mission support.
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