Topic: Utah
Utah company, NASA conduct final test on booster rocket for uncertain space shuttle program With the U.S. space shuttle program fading, a Utah company that makes powerful booster rockets for space travel conducted its final ground test Thursday.The firing with the 126-foot ...
ATK Space Systems laying off 550 space shuttle engineers, other workers in UtahThe phase-out of the space shuttle program brought 550 layoffs on Tuesday to a Utah company that makes the booster rockets.ATK Space Systems said it was handing out pink slips ...
NASA contractor calls off test firing of moon rocket in Utah, citing hydraulic failureA mechanical failure forced a NASA contractor on Thursday to call off the first test firing of the main part of NASA's powerful new moon rocket.The test wasn't immediately ...
ATK Space Systems blames layoffs on end of space shuttle, Minuteman programsThe phase-out of the space shuttle for a new generation of space vehicles means hundreds of layoffs in Utah.ATK Space Systems, a business unit of Minneapolis-based Alliant Techsystems Inc., told employees ...