BF-2, a Marine Corps F-35B test aircraft made the type's first vertical landing at sea aboard USS Wasp, Oct. 3. The flight was part of several weeks of shipboard integration trials conducted with the amphibious assault vessel. NASA unveiled plans for its next rocket. Capable of manned flight to Mars, the prototype Space Launch System would lift 77 tons, generating 8.4 million pounds of thrust. The agency aims for a prototype launch by 2017.
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