Despite the fact that the Obama Administration is pushing to cancel NASA's Constellation program and its Ares rockets, today NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of the solid rocket booster that's being designed to power the first stage of the Ares I launch vehicle. The test, named Development Motor-2 (DM-2) was the second successful static test Ares five-segment reusable solid rocket motor derived from the four-segment boosters used in the space shuttle program.
FREE VIDEO ARES DM-2 TEST FIRE (FROM NASA TV HD) • DOWNLOAD ALL-ACCESS MEMBER VIDEO DOWNLOADS DM-2 POST-TEST PRESS CONFERENCE • DOWNLOAD ENTIRE ARES DM-2 NASA TV COVERAGE • DOWNLOAD ARES DM-2 STATIC TEST FIRE • DOWNLOAD
Despite the fact that the Obama Administration is pushing to cancel NASA's Constellation program and its Ares rockets, today NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of the solid rocket booster that's being designed to power the first stage of the Ares I launch vehicle. The test, named Development Motor-2 (DM-2) was the second successful static test Ares five-segment reusable solid rocket motor derived from the four-segment boosters used in the space shuttle program.
FREE VIDEO ARES DM-2 TEST FIRE (FROM NASA TV HD) • DOWNLOAD ALL-ACCESS MEMBER VIDEO DOWNLOADS DM-2 POST-TEST PRESS CONFERENCE • DOWNLOAD ENTIRE ARES DM-2 NASA TV COVERAGE • DOWNLOAD ARES DM-2 STATIC TEST FIRE • DOWNLOAD
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