Showing posts with label NASA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NASA. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
ATK and NASA Sign Space Act Agreement for Liberty Launch System
ATK and NASA signed an unfunded Space Act Agreement (SAA) June 7, 2012 to work together during the development of ATK’s commercial Liberty™ Launch System, an agreement that also supports the 2010 National Space Policy by furthering international partnerships.
More on this agreement
The Liberty launch vehicle is a concept proprosed to NASA by ATK and Astrium under phase 2 of the NASA Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program.
Liberty is a combination of hardware from the defunct Ares I project (the 5-segment version of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster for a first stage) and from the Ariane 5 launcher (the Vulcain cryogenic main engine, which was slated to carry the Hermes spacecraft as a second stage).
It is projected that the first launch will be as early as 2013, with astronauts launching by 2015.
Liberty is advertised as a vehicle to service the International Space Station for crew and cargo, but its capacities and cost could make it also a launcher for government and commercial satellites, including to Geostationary transfer orbit.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
NASA's Constellation Program - Progress Before It Was Cancelled
Monday, February 8, 2010
ATK Sets Final Shuttle Rocket Test
ATK Space Systems in Promontory Utah says the ground test, scheduled for February 25, will signal the end of the space shuttle program.
ATK, the company that makes booster rockets for the space shuttle, says it will conduct a final test firing in northern Utah later this month.
NASA had intended to replace the space shuttle with a new spaceship and launcher for travel to the moon and beyond, however, President Barack Obama has proposed scrapping the new program for something different, leaving NASA's longtime contractor in Utah with an uncertain future.
Clearfield-based ATK Space Systems has laid off 970 workers in Utah since October, citing the phase-out of the space shuttle and the Minuteman III ballistic missile programs.
ATK, the company that makes booster rockets for the space shuttle, says it will conduct a final test firing in northern Utah later this month.
NASA had intended to replace the space shuttle with a new spaceship and launcher for travel to the moon and beyond, however, President Barack Obama has proposed scrapping the new program for something different, leaving NASA's longtime contractor in Utah with an uncertain future.
Clearfield-based ATK Space Systems has laid off 970 workers in Utah since October, citing the phase-out of the space shuttle and the Minuteman III ballistic missile programs.
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