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Article: ATK Conducts Successful Night Test of Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motor.
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- November 17, 2006
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Static Firing Supports Test Objectives for Space Shuttle and New Ares I Launch Vehicle
Test Supports Upcoming Night Launches
PROMONTORY, Utah, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Earlier this evening, Alliant Techsystems conducted a test firing of a Reusable Solid Rocket Motor (RSRM). The test had numerous objectives to obtain and validate performance data on upgrades being analyzed for the future. Among them was to collect nighttime imagery data in support of night launches of the Space Shuttle. The test also collected data that will be used to assist NASA in the development of its next-generation crew launch vehicle, the Ares I. Preliminary results ...