Test In Development Of NASA's New Crew Rocket Is Successful
Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 10:28
in Astronomy & Space
The development of NASA's next-generation crew launch vehicle, the Ares I rocket, took another step forward recently as Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, successfully tested a critical piece. ATK conducted a full-scale separation test of the forward skirt extension for the Ares I-X flight test at its facility in Promontory, Utah.