| 12/20/01 | 
                      Space 
                        Launch Initiative Executive Management Council meets to 
                        discuss program progress, direction | 
                    
                     
                      | 12/17/01 | 
                      NASA 
                        awards $94 million in contracts for Space Launch Initiative | 
                    
                     
                      | 12/12/01 | 
                      Aerojet 
                        completes first rocket engine test for SLI | 
                    
                     
                      | 10/25/01 | 
                      Johnson 
                        Space Center opens new office to support Space Launch 
                        Initiative | 
                    
                     
                      | 10/17/01 | 
                      Andrews 
                        Space & Technology unveils images of its reusable 
                        launch vehicle concept | 
                    
                     
                      | 09/27/01 | 
                      Hispanic 
                        Heritage Month: Pete Rodriguez enjoys space program from 
                        front-row seat  | 
                    
                     
                      | 08/30/01 | 
                      Composite 
                        liquid oxygen tank tests successful  | 
                    
                     
                      | 08/07/01 | 
                      Electro-mechanical 
                        actuators show promise for second generation reusable 
                        launch vehicle propulsion system  | 
                    
                     
                      | 08/07/01 | 
                      NASA's 
                        Second Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle Program advances 
                        propulsion technology with successful engine test series | 
                    
                     
                      | 07/24/01 | 
                      Stennis 
                        completes second hot-fire test of aerospike engine technology 
                        for Space Launch Initiative  | 
                    
                     
                      | 07/16/01 | 
                      Stennis 
                        completes first hot-fire test of aerospike engine technology 
                        for Space Launch Initiative  | 
                    
                     
                      | 06/27/01 | 
                      Garry 
                        Lyles to head propulsion team  | 
                    
                     
                      | 05/17/01 | 
                      NASA 
                        awards first Space Launch Initiative contracts | 
                    
                     
                      | 05/16/01 | 
                      Space 
                        Launch Initiative news conference schedule | 
                    
                     
                      | 05/15/01 | 
                      NASA 
                        Marshall creates new Second Generation Reusable Launch 
                        Vehicle Program Office  | 
                    
                     
                      | 05/15/01 | 
                      NASA's 
                        Space Launch Initiative Web site debuts | 
                    
                     
                      | 03/01/01 | 
                      NASA 
                        reaches milestone in Space Launch Initiative Program; 
                        also announces no SLI funding for X-33 or X-34 | 
                    
                     
                      | 01/16/01 | 
                      NASA 
                        second generation reusable rocket program opens its doors 
                        at Marshall Center  |