Topic: Utah
The latest political nuisance for NASA is that senators and congressmen from Utah are trying to pressure NASA to promise that any new heavy-lift launcher it designs will include derivatives of the shuttle's solid rocket boosters (SRBs). The recent authorisation bill does ...
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 ...
I'm not quite ready to stop thinking about NASA's Ares I-X rocket test earlier this week--and neither is 's Big Picture blog, where a great collection of images today goes from the rocket's construction to its first launch. From its engine tests ...
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 ...
local time in Promontory, Utah, the five-segment solid rocket motor that NASA and ATK have developed to propel the next generation of astronauts to orbit performed its first static test. The rocket burned as planned for just over two minutes, and produced ...
In fact, engineers who tried last Thursday to light the ATK five-segment motor planned for NASA's Ares I rocket, were in an underground bunker half a mile away when ignition was to occur at a quarter past 1:00 in the afternoon (15 ...
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 ...
ANYONE strolling by the Mars Society's Desert Research Station near Hanksville, Utah, in February would have been baffled to see two men in spacesuits bouncing around while pointing cellphones at rocks. These might include unusual rock formations or signs of organic matter ...
The launch abort motor for the Orion space capsule spews 100-foot flames from its four exhaust nozzles in a successful test firing in Promontory, Utah. Orion, NASA's next-generation crew vehicle, is slated to carry astronauts to the International Space Station in 2015, ...
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