Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems continues production of solid rocket booster (SRB) segments for the first launches of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at their Promontory Propulsion Systems facility in Northern Utah. Mixing of solid propellant for the SLS boosters and casting it in each of the ten segments for the second flight set is nearing completion as technicians put the final touches on the set for the first launch.
NASA Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and prime test and operations contractor Jacobs are busy practicing…
Orbital ATK recently provided a peek at current production of Space Launch System (SLS) booster…
With booster casting operations for SLS’s EM-1 mission well underway at Orbital ATK’s manufacturing facility…
Following the highly successful test firing of the Qualification Motor 2 (QM-2) at their proving…
With a series of successful test firings completed by Orbital ATK, engineers are gaining confidence…
Orbital ATK and NASA have conducted the last planned full-scale Space Launch System (SLS) solid…
NASA is ramping up production of hardware and flight elements for the Space Launch System…
With approximately three years to go before the inaugural flight of the Space Launch System rocket, NASA…
Orbital ATK is making steady progress on the production of the twin Solid Rocket Boosters…
As work progresses around the country toward the debut of NASA’s SLS rocket in 2018, Orbital…
Orbital ATK engineers have concluded a thorough examination of the Qualification Motor -1 (QM-1) following…
The Space Launch System (SLS) management have set the milestones and dates for the upcoming…
Orbital ATK’s Qualification Motor -1 (QM-1) test has conducted a key firing on Wednesday, on…
The giant boosters that will help shove NASA’s new monster rocket uphill are hitting milestones…
ATK’s test facility in Promontory, Utah is now officially looking forward to the next full-scale…
A year after discovering small voids between the solid propellant and the outer casing of the aft…
ESA’s Future Launchers Preparatory Program and France’s CNES space agency have test fired the Pressure Oscillation…
The Scale Model Acoustic Test (SMAT) – a mini-me version of the SLS – has…
ATK announced they successfully completed the filament winding of a pathfinder Advanced Booster composite case. The…