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Space Industry Veteran (Re)Entering The Commercial Space Race
The Utah company that built the solid rocket boosters for the now retired space shuttle program announced plans to enter the next phase of American space flight with its own private launch system. Alliant Techsystems, or ATK as it is better known, says it plans to build a complete rocket and spacecraft package to transport [...]
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NASA makes a deal with shuttle's booster builder for new rocket
NASA and ATK, the Utah-based company that built solid rocket boosters for the space shuttle, have announced a deal to make the space agency's facilities available for the development and testing of a new commercial rocket. Today's a... Read Post
Dark horse rides into space race, strapped to world's largest rocket booster
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) may not be on top of your betting card, but it has plenty of shuttle motor pedigree. To compete with the likes of SpaceX, Astrium and others, it's putting that technical savvy into its Liberty system to car... Read Post
NASA building a better solid rocket booster for Space Launch System rocket
The largest and most powerful solid rocket booster ever built for flight is being assembled for NASA's Space Launch System at ATK Space Systems in Brigham City, Utah, incorporating new cost-savings measures. The SLS will launch NASA... Read Post