Orbital ATK and NASA Release Initial Findings From SLS Booster QM-1 Test Fire
The solid rocket booster that will propel NASA’s skyscraper-size Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its Orion spacecraft on deep space missions in the coming years took a huge step forward in its development on March 11, 2015, unleashing its fury on a barren...
NASA’s Space Launch System Booster Passes Major Ground Test
The largest, most powerful rocket booster ever built successfully fired up Wednesday for a major-milestone ground test in preparation for future missions to help propel NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to deep space destinations, including...
ATK Completes Installation of World’s Largest Solid Rocket Motor for Ground Test
NASA and ATK (NYSE: ATK) have completed installing the first Space Launch System booster qualification motor, QM-1, in a specialized test stand in Utah. The largest solid rocket motor ever built for flight, QM-1 is now being prepared for its static-fire test, which is...
Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Completes First Hot-Fire Test With RS-25 Engine Controller Unit
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company, successfully completed the first in a series of hot-fire tests on the RS-25 rocket engine, which will help power NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) and carry humans farther into space than ever before. The test,...
RS-25 Engine Testing Blazes Forward for NASA’s Space Launch System
The new year is off to a hot start for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). The engine that will drive America’s next great rocket to deep space blazed through its first successful test Jan. 9 at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis,...
Stennis conducts SLS engine firing marking RS-25 return
NASA’s Stennis Space Center has test fired the first RS-25 (unit E0525) of the Space Launch System (SLS) era on Friday, marking the beginning of a new career for the famous engine. Four of the former Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) are set to power each SLS during...RS-25 engine upgrade is no 80s techno flashback
Take a look at your current devices. Can you imagine swapping that smartphone for a gigantic cellphone from the 1980s? Surfing the Internet with dial-up speed? Working out to your favorite music with a cassette player? Today’s technology is better, faster and...United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NASA’s Orion Spacecraft on Critical Flight Test for Lockheed Martin
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., (Dec. 5, 2014) – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Orion spacecraft for Lockheed Martin successfully launched from Space Launch Complex-37 at 7:05 a.m. EST today. This uncrewed flight test...Orion Flying Comfortably Through Space
Orbiting above Earth attached to the Delta IV second stage, Orion’s telemetry shows all systems working well on NASA’s newest spacecraft designed for astronauts. The next major stages in the flight test will begin with the re-ignition of the second stage engine. That...Space Talk
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