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ATK and NASA to Perform Second Ground Test of the Ares Five-Segment Solid Rocket Motor

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Monday, August 16th, 2010

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Alliant Techsystems [ATK] and NASA will test the second fully developed Ares five-segment solid rocket motor, known as Development Motor-2 (DM-2). The five-segment rocket motor is an upgraded version of the Shuttle's 4-segment booster, and has also been identified as a key element of NASA's future Heavy Lift Launch vehicle. The horizontal ground test firing of Ares DM-2 is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 31, 9:05 a.m. MDT at ATK Aerospace Systems facility in Promontory, Utah. The company said that a…

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