News tagged with solid rocket motor
NASA successfully tests five-segment solid rocket motor
NASA and ATK Space Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of Development Motor-3 (DM-3), Thursday, Sept. 8. DM-3 is NASA's largest and most powerful solid rocket motor ever designed for ...
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GRAIL mission to launch today
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's GRAIL spacecraft are set to launch to the moon aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket on Sept. 8, 2011, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. There are two instantaneous ...
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Sep 08, 2011 |
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NASA and ATK successfully test five-segment solid rocket motor (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- With a loud roar and mighty column of flame, NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed ...
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Aug 31, 2010 |
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NASA's Space Shuttle Program Conducts Final Motor Test In Utah (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah.
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Feb 25, 2010 |
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NASA Buys Additional Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motors
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has purchased two reusable solid rocket motors from ATK Launch Systems Inc. of Brigham City, Utah, to provide a "launch on need" rescue capability for the final planned space shuttle mission, targeted ...
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Dec 16, 2009 |
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NASA and ATK Successfully Test Ares First Stage Motor
NASA and industry engineers lit up the Utah sky Thursday with the initial full-scale, full-duration test firing of the first stage motor for the Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a crew launch vehicle in development for NASA's ...
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Sep 10, 2009 |
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NASA to Test World's Largest Rocket Parachutes for Ares I
(PhysOrg.com) -- With Memorial Day just around the corner, NASA plans a spectacular aerial display May 20 of the newly designed parachute recovery system for its Ares I rocket. The centerpieces for the test ...
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May 18, 2009 |
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Ares I Five Segment Development Motor on the Move
(PhysOrg.com) -- On April 16, NASA moved the first segment of the Ares I rocket's five segment development motor, or DM-1, from ATK Space System's production facility in Promontory, Utah, to the nearby test ...
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Apr 20, 2009 |
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Final Piece Of NASA's Next-Generation Rocket Heads To Launch Site
(PhysOrg.com) -- The final pieces of the Ares I-X flight test rocket left the Alliant Tech Systems manufacturing facility in Promontory, Utah, Thursday and began a 2,917-mile journey to its launch site at ...
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Mar 13, 2009 |
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NASA's Ares I Rocket First Stage Igniter Successfully Tested
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has completed a successful test firing of the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor.
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Mar 10, 2009 |
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