ATK and NASA to Perform Final Ground Test for the Space Shuttle Program

Test will Ensure Safety for Four Remaining Shuttle Flights
Feb 05, 2010

PROMONTORY, Utah, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 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.

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