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The push for a new U.S. rocket engine has been fueled in large part by concerns about the future availability of the RD-180 as U.S. tensions with Russia escalate over the crisis in Ukraine. The program itself is named the Competitive Rocket Innovation Motor/Engine Arrangement, or CRIMEA, the name of the Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia this past March.

“We have a lot of work to do to figure out how to work the future of our launch enterprise,” Hyten said. “And it’s going to be a challenge to figure out how to get there by 2019.”

The bill calls for a demonstration of the new engine in 2019. This roughly tracks with the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, which prohibits the use of the RD-180 after 2019. The House has approved the bill and the Senate approved the bill Dec. 12.

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