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Article: NASA and ATK Successfully Deploy 18 Foot Diameter Solar Array for ST8 Program.
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- Defense & Aerospace Week
- Article date:
- October 22, 2008
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NASA and Alliant Techsystems (NYSE:ATK) have successfully concluded initial testing and deployment of the UltraFlex solar arrays for NASA's New Millennium Program Space Technology 8 Project (NMP ST8). The project will also produce data that can support Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) in it is effort to develop the Orion crew exploration vehicle for NASA with the goal to safely transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station, the Moon and Mars.
The fabrication and deployment testing of the full-scale functioning UltraFlex wing hardware helped NASA, Lockheed Martin and ATK engineers address Orion design questions and reduce potential risks. ...