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Inertial Upper Stage

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Also known as: IUS, Interim Upper Stage

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Boeing Company

In Boeing Company: History of Boeing Company
…was selected to develop the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), a two-stage payload delivery vehicle that can be taken into space by either a space shuttle or a launcher such as the Titan. In 1993 NASA selected Boeing as the prime contractor for the ISS, and two years later the company…
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