SLS QM-1 Booster Readied for Tests by NASA, ATK

By Jason Rhian, on June 5th, 2013

Photo Credit: ATK

A full-scale version of Alliant Techsystems’ (ATK) solid rocket booster that will be used on NASA’s new heavy-lift booster, the Space Launch System, or “SLS,” is being readied for testing. The center aft segment of ATK’s qualification motor-1 (QM-1) was sent to the site in the deserts of Utah on […]

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NASA Conducts Failure Tests of Orion Parachutes

By Jason Rhian, on May 3rd, 2013

Image Credit: NASA

A test article of NASA’s Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle conducted tests to see how the spacecraft’s parachutes would handle failure scenarios. The tests were conducted in the deserts of Yuma, Ariz., Wednesday, May 2, 2013.

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Solid Rocket Boosters Complete Space Launch System Program Milestone

By Jason Rhian, on May 2nd, 2013

Image Credit: NASA

NASA and ATK have completed Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Solid Rocket Booster design that will be used on NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift booster. The completion of this milestone means that SLS is one step closer to launch, with the first flight planned to take place […]

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NASA Stitching Orion Components Together at Marshall Space Flight Center

By Jason Rhian, on March 29th, 2013

NASA is welding together the interstage assembly which will connect the Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 spacecraft to its Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle. Photo Credit: Mark Usciak

NASA’s engineers have been assembling the components for the flight test article that will fly on the Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1) mission at NASA’s […]

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