As work progresses around the country toward the debut of NASA’s SLS rocket in 2018, Orbital ATK is preparing for the final qualification test of the five segment Solid Rocket Booster motor that will power the SLS through first stage flight. That second qualification test, known as QM-2, is targeted for late spring 2016 at the company’s proving ground in Utah.
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…
Experts from ATK and NASA are investigating the cause of voids in the aft segment…
As development of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket continues, NASA is looking to its…
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is deep into preparations for the key milestone of the…
ATK are making good progress on both the initial five segment boosters, set to launch…
The Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is constructing a scaled version of the Space Launch…
ATK will use two “mid-span” supports on their upcoming static test of their five segment…
A presentation overviewing ATK’s preliminary proposal for the upcoming advanced booster competition for Space Launch…
One of the most famous rocket engines in history – the Apollo/Saturn’s F-1 – could…
The Space Launch System (SLS) heat shields around its RS-25 engines will not follow the…
One year to the day since Atlantis launched on her final mission, the exceptional performance by…
