Successful Orbital ATK Five-segment Motor Qualification Test Demonstrates Progress On NASA’s Space Launch System
Data from the first five-segment qualification motor (QM-1) test conducted by Orbital ATK and NASA show the solid rocket motor performed as designed. Manufactured by Orbital ATK, the five-segment motor will be used to provide liftoff and ascent thrust for NASA’s Space Launch System, or SLS.
Russellville City School Team Declared National Champions, Will Compete In International Rocketry Challenge In June
The RCS Engineers Rocketry Team from Russellville, AL beat out 100 competitors to claim first place at the National Finals of the 2015 Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC). After months of rocketry design, test flights and qualification launches, hundreds of students from across the country traveled to Great Meadow in the Plains, VA to vie for the title of champion of the largest rocketry competition in the world.
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