ATK and NASA to Perform Final Ground Test for the Space Shuttle Program
Test will Ensure Safety for Four Remaining Shuttle Flights
PROMONTORY, Utah, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) and NASA will conduct the last ground test for the Space Shuttle program on February 25, marking the closure of a program that has spanned more than three decades and ushering in the era of the next generation of space exploration.
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Horizontal ground test firing of a four-segment solid rocket motor |
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When: |
Thursday, February 25, 2010 |
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Time: |
11:55 a.m. MST |
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Where: |
ATK Space Systems facility in Promontory, Utah |
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Test Objectives/Background:
- A total of 43 design objectives will be measured through 258 instrument channels
- This final test will be the 52nd test conducted for NASA's Space Shuttle Program
- The ground test will be conducted to ensure the safe fly-out of the remaining four missions
- The first test was conducted on July 18, 1977
- The cases have previously flown on the space shuttle, collectively launching 38 missions
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Trina Patterson |
George Torres |
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Cell: 801-699-0943 |
Cell: 801-699-2637 |
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E-mail: [email protected] |
E-mail: [email protected] |
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