Orbital, GenCorp spar over cause of October rocket crash, Reuters “Orbital ATK Inc and engine maker GenCorp Inc on Tuesday offered competing explanations for what caused the Oct. 28 explosion […]
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NASA Forgot the Largest Rocket Booster It Built – in the 1960s.
NASA’s Space Launch System Booster Thunders During Successful Ground Test “The largest, most powerful rocket booster ever built successfully fired up Wednesday …” Aerojet, Wikipedia “Between Sept. 25, 1965 and […]
Posted inCommercialization
ATK and Orbital Announce Wedding Plans
ATK and Orbital Receive U.S. DOJ Clearance for Proposed Merger “Alliant Techsystems Inc. (“ATK”) (NYSE: ATK) and Orbital Sciences Corporation (“Orbital”) (NYSE: ORB) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice […]
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ATK and Orbital Still Plan To Tie The Knot
ATK and Orbital Continue to Support Plans for Merger “Following this announcement on October 28, 2014, a failure occurred during Orbital’s Antares launch. Â Since the incident, the companies have conducted […]
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Orbital / ATK Merger Announced
The Merger of Equals – Orbital and ATK Aerospace and Defense Groups, SpaceRef Business “It is being billed as a merger of equals to create a new company called Orbital […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
James Webb Telescope Backplane Support Frame Completed
Northrop Grumman, ATK Complete Backbone of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Northrop Grumman “Northrop Grumman Corporation and teammate ATK have completed manufacturing of the backplane support frame (BSF) for NASA’s […]
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AIAA Honors Maj. Gen. James B. Armor (retired)
James B. Armor Wins 2012 AIAA von Braun Award for Excellence in Space Program Management, AIAA “The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce that the […]
Posted inSpace Quarterly Magazine
Space Quarterly Magazine September Issue
Space Quarterly Magazine September 2012 Table of Contents, SpaceRef Marc’s note: The September 2012 edition of Space Quarterly Magazine is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, September 4. There many […]
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ATK Liberty Updates
ATK Makes Progress with the Liberty Launch System, Commercial Space Watch (With video) “In a trio of media releases ATK announced today that is has signed a deal with NanoRacks, […]
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Commercial Crew Partner Videos Released
NASA Releases Breakout Videos for the Commercial Crew Program, Commercial Space Watch “Five of NASA’s industry partners participated in the production of breakout videos that highlight the systems they’re creating […]