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Despite the fact that the Obama Administration is pushing to cancel NASA's Constellation program and its Ares rockets, today NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of the solid rocket booster that's being designed to power the first stage of the Ares I launch vehicle. The test, named Development Motor-2 (DM-2) was the second successful static test Ares five-segment reusable solid rocket motor derived from the four-segment boosters used in the space shuttle program.
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Alliant Techsystems (ATK) announced that it successfully completed the second of two ground tests of a full-scale attitude control motor (ACM) for the launch abort system (LAS) of NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle. The second test was conducted on March 17, and evaluated environment extremes and ignition system robustness in addition to confirming the motor performance. The test was conducted at ATK's facility in Elkton, Maryland, where the first successful test was conducted on December 15, 2009.
The Administration proposes to cancel the Constellation Systems program intended to return astronauts to the Moon by 2020 and replaces it with a bold new approach that embraces the commercial space industry, forges international partnerships, and develops the game-changing technologies needed to set the stage for a revitalized human space flight program and embark on a 21st Century program of space exploration.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Alliant Techsystems (ATK) performed a ground test of a full-scale attitude control motor (ACM) for the launch abort system (LAS) of NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle. The test was conducted at ATK's facility in Elkton, Md. on Dec. 15. The test represents another significant milestone achieved as NASA and its contractor partners work to design and build the next-generation crewed spacecraft, the Orion crew exploration vehicle.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Bouyed by the success of the recent Ares I-X test rocket, NASA is considering possibly revamping the entire Ares I test flight program, eliminating one launch but adding three new missions to the schedule. The agency is looking at ways to bolster the Ares I development program by conducting actual flight tests earlier and more often, thereby retiring risks sooner and easing the so-called "gap" between the end of service life of the space shuttle and when Orion becomes operational.
PROMONTORY, UT - NASA and industry engineers lit up the Utah sky Thursday with the initial full-scale, full-duration test firing of the first stage motor for the Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a crew launch vehicle in development for NASA's Constellation Program.
For the first time in more than a quarter-century a new space vehicle stands ready in NASA's Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building. The Ares I-X rocket, its simulated crew module and launch abort system are assembled on a mobile launch platform at Kennedy in preparation for launch this fall.
Preparations for NASA's Ares I-X test flight progressed steadily at Kennedy Space Center in early 2009. During the first few months of the year, major hardware elements of the vehicle were delivered to KSC, including the launch abort tower, Orion spacecraft and upperstage simulator segment. In March, the last components of Ares I-X, the solid rocket booster segments that will power the vehicle arrived at Kennedy.
