Successful Test Likely for ATK Rocket Motor

Credit: ATK
Propulsion engineers at ATK are checking the results of the latest test of a five-segment solid-fuel rocket motor that could one day help boost NASA's planned heavy-lift Space Launch System off the pad, but early indications are that the Sept. 8 test was a success. Burning for just over 2 min., the...

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