NASA's Pegasus barge, which throughout the space shuttle era ferried shuttle external tanks and other hardware from NASA's manufacturing site in New Orleans to its Florida launch facilities, is about to cast off on a new mission as part of NASA's efforts to send humans to deep space. Conrad Shipyard LLC of Morgan City, Louisiana, has been awarded an $ million contract to refurbish the long-serving Pegasus craft, which will begin transporting rocket components for NASA's next-generation Space Launch System (SLS) between manufacturing, testing and launch locations. Pegasus Barge Continues Re

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NASA's Pegasus barge, which throughout the space shuttle era ferried shuttle external tanks and other hardware from NASA's manufacturing site in New Orleans to its Florida launch facilities, is about to cast off on a new mission as part of NASA's efforts to send humans to deep space. Conrad Shipyard LLC of Morgan City, Louisiana, has been awarded an $ million contract to refurbish the long-serving Pegasus craft, which will begin transporting rocket components for NASA's next-generation Space Launch System (SLS) between manufacturing, testing and launch locations. Pegasus Barge Continues Renovations (MAF-20141212)

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