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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Orbital Names Human Spaceflight Exec

Dulles, Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corporation has named Frank L. Culbertson Jr. becomes senior vice president and deputy general manager of the company's Advanced Programs Group, responsible for Orbital's human spaceflight programs. The Virginia launch firm provides commercial transportation services to the International Space Station and the Orion Launch Abort System.

Orbital has been investigating human rating the Taurus-II as a human launch vehicle after being tested at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in late 2010.

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