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Article: Alliant Techsystems Composite Tank for NASA/Lockheed Martin X-33 Advanced Technology Demonstrator Shipped for Testing.
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- PR Newswire
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- April 27, 1999
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MINNEAPOLIS, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) said the first of two composite liquid hydrogen fuel tanks for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) X-33 Advanced Technology Demonstrator have been delivered to NASA for testing.
The 28-foot-long, 4,400-pound fuel tank was loaded aboard the NASA "Super Guppy" cargo aircraft at Moffett Federal Airfield in Sunnyvale, Calif., for transport to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Following pressure and load testing there, the tank will be shipped to Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, Calif., for installation into the X-33.
The composite ...