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ATK Completes Critical Design Review for Five-Segment SLS Rocket Booster
When NASA’s giant 320-foot-tall Space Launch System (SLS) rocket flies its first unmanned Orion/SLS flight test in 2017, one of the most noticeable—if not the most noticeable—characteristics of the launch will be the incredibly bright fireball and thick plume that will follow the rocket up during its ascent toward space. Four powerful liquid-fueled RS-25 engines on […] More
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ATK Awarded Contract, Will Provide Solar Arrays for 2016 InSight Mission to Mars
On Tuesday, June 24, Alliant Techsystems (ATK) announced that it received a contract from Lockheed Martin Space Systems to provide UltraFlex solar arrays for NASA’s 2016 InSight Mars Lander mission. The UltraFlex system, according to David Shanahan, vice president and general manager of ATK’s Space Components division, has a “unique round fan-fold design that enables […] More
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PHOTOS: ATK Validates New MegaFlex Solar Array Technology for NASA’s Future Solar Electric Propulsion Missions
Eighteen months ago Alliant Techsystems (ATK) was awarded a $6.4 million Phase 1 Space Technology contract from NASA’s Space Technology Program to develop ultra-lightweight, high-power solar arrays for powering large-scale Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) systems for future robotic and manned exploration missions, and last week the aerospace company announced they have successfully completed a series of rigorous testing of their new […] More
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IMAGE FEATURE: ULA’s Delta-IV Rocket Returns to Launch GPS IIF-5 Under Cover of Darkness
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has returned their workhorse Delta-IV launch vehicle to operational service with successful delivery of the 3,600-pound Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIF-5 satellite to orbit for the U.S. Air Force on Feb. 20, 2014, and AmericaSpace was there to cover it all from various angles. More
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NASA and Industry Teams Set for Orion Launch in 2014 and SLS First Flight in 2017
The biggest accomplishments on the next-generation deep space programs will take place this year, including Orion’s first mission, Space Launch System (SLS) booster and engine firing, and the opening of the SLS Vertical Assembly Center (VAC) – all important steps in preparing for deep space human exploration missions. More
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James Webb Space Telescope Flight Instruments and Primary Mirror Segments Ready for Assembly
At NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, Md., in a 1.3-million-cubic-foot clean room, now rests all 18 gold-coated primary mirror segments for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope—the successor to the space agency’s aging Hubble Space Telescope. All four of the telescope’s science instruments are being kept within walking distance of the mirrors, and now—with four years […] More
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NASA Begins SLS Sound Suppression Testing, Prepares for Engine Testing This Summer
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) will be the most powerful rocket ever built, with a bark as bad as its bite. The power generated to push SLS toward space will be incredibly loud—so much so that the sound created by its own engines could seriously damage the rocket or injure its crew. In order to […] More
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Antares Rising: Stunning Launch Pad Footage Showcases Violent ORB-1 Launch
Orbital Sciences Corporation successfully launched their Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station last Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. With freezing cold and clear blue skies as a backdrop, the company sent Cygnus skyward atop their Antares rocket, which thundered away from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) launch pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia. […] More
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NASA and ATK Complete Avionics and Control Testing for SLS Booster
Development of NASA’s next generation heavy lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), is well underway, and earlier this week Alliant Techsystems (ATK) announced the successful completion of two key avionics tests for the solid rocket boosters (SRBs) which will help NASA to launch astronauts again off American soil on missions beyond low-Earth orbit within the […] More
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Final J-2X Test-Fire Conducted at A-1 Test Stand, NASA / Aerojet Rocketdyne Ready to Test RS-25
BAY ST. LOUIS, Ms — On Thursday, Sept. 5, NASA along with Aerojet Rocketdyne conducted a test firing of a J-2X rocket engine at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. The hot-fire was conducted in order to test the engine for possible use in NASA’s new heavy-lift booster, the Space Launch System, or SLS. The test-firing of J-2X […] More
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Test-Fire Delayed Due to Defects Found in QM 1 Aft Segment
ATK and NASA have had to postpone the upcoming ground test of the Qualification Motor (QM)-1 due to one of the segments not meeting testing criteria. As such, it will not be used for the next hot-fire test, which takes place in the Utah desert. AmericaSpace spoke with ATK representatives to learn what was at […] More
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Roars Through Second Supersonic Flight
At 8 a.m. PDT, over the deserts of Mojave, Calif., Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2), ferried aloft by the WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) carrier aircraft, was released, and the space plane ignited its rocket engine and completed its highest, fastest flight to date. The spacecraft also demonstrated its patented “feathering” re-entry maneuver as it returned back to Mojave Air […] More
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