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Dynetics Performs Successful SLS Tank Proof And Burst Test

Pat Host

Monday, August 17th, 2015

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Dynetics Performs Successful SLS Tank Proof And Burst Test

Dynetics' ABEDRR tank bursts during a proof and burst test. Photo: Dynetics.

Dynetics recently verified the structural design of an affordable booster concept by successfully performing a proof and burst test of the Space Launch System (SLS) Advanced Booster Engineering Demonstration and/or Risk Reduction (ABEDRR) tank, according to a company statement.Dynetics, the prime contractor on the ABEDRR contract, completed the design and fabrication of the full-scale cryogenic tank late last year. The tank is the largest flight-weight cryogenic tank built at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Ala., since the Apollo Saturn era.…

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