Satnews Daily
February 8th, 2010
ATK — A Last Test For The Space Shuttle
Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) and NASA will conduct the last ground test for the Space Shuttle program on February 25, marking the closure of a program that has spanned more than three decades and ushering in the era of the next generation of space exploration.
- What: Horizontal ground test firing of a four-segment solid rocket motor
- When: Thursday, February 25, 2010
- Time: 11:55 a.m. MST
- Where: ATK Space Systems facility in Promontory, Utah
Test Objectives/Background:
- A total of 43 design objectives will be measured through 258 instrument channels
- This final test will be the 52nd test conducted for NASA's Space Shuttle Program
- The ground test will be conducted to ensure the safe fly-out of the remaining four missions
- The first test was conducted on July 18, 1977
- The cases have previously flown on the space
shuttle, collectively launching 38 missions
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