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Focus on Details Paying Off for CST-100 | NASA Focus on Details Paying Off for CST-100 July 3, 2013 Im age above: A scale model of a Boeing CST-100 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V is tested inside a wind tunnel to evaluate the design and see how it will behave during launch and ascent into orbit. Image Credit: The Boeing Company By Steven Siceloff, NASA's Kennedy Space Center The Boeing Company in Houston is performing ongoing work to advance the design of the CST-100, a capsule and service module, in between meeting major milestones for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Boeing is one of three companies working with NASA to develop space transportation systems capable of flying astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station later this decade. "Now we're seeing real flight-designed parts," said John Mulholland, vice president and general manager of Commercial Program for Bo...