solid-rocket

It is clear that Ares and its challengers will get a fair hearing-and once and for all clear the air on whether ESAS made the right choices as per ballistic capsules and solid-rocket booster launchers.

Human Space Flight Plans Blue Ribbon Panel Announced - NASA Watch 2009

Ares 'woes are well-known; it's required re-engineering to deal with violent shaking caused by vibrations in its solid-rocket first stage, and engineers are still working on correcting the rocket's tendency to drift on takeoff into its launch tower.

NASA Leadership Vacuum - NASA Watch 2009

It is clear that Ares and its challengers will get a fair hearing-and once and for all clear the air on whether ESAS made the right choices as per ballistic capsules and solid-rocket booster launchers.

NASA Watch: May 2009 Archives 2009

- The use of solid-rocket boosters increases development costs and operational risks.

Dear Mr. Augustine - NASA Watch 2009

For Alliant Techsystems, the agreement is part of a broader effort to reposition the company's solid-rocket booster business in the face of the anticipated retirement of the space shuttles, probably in early 2011.

Alliant, Lockheed Ally Amid Aerospace Shift Andy Pasztor 2010

For Alliant Techsystems, the agreement is part of a broader effort to reposition the company's solid-rocket booster business in the face of the anticipated retirement of the space shuttles, probably in early 2011.

Alliant, Lockheed Team for Smaller Satellite Launches Andy Pasztor 2010

Best known as the supplier of solid-rocket boosters for the U.S. space shuttle fleet and the Air Force's largest rockets, the Minneapolis-based company announced Thursday it is partnering with Lockheed Martin Corp. to get into a different business: helping upgrade and operate smaller, less expensive launchers designed to blast research and Pentagon satellites into orbit.

Alliant, Lockheed Ally Amid Aerospace Shift Andy Pasztor 2010

Best known as the supplier of solid-rocket boosters for the U.S. space shuttle fleet and the Air Force's largest rockets, the Minneapolis-based company announced Thursday it is partnering with Lockheed Martin Corp. to get into a different business: helping upgrade and operate smaller, less expensive launchers designed to blast research and Pentagon satellites into orbit.

Alliant, Lockheed Team for Smaller Satellite Launches Andy Pasztor 2010

For Alliant Techsystems, the agreement is part of a broader effort to reposition the company's solid-rocket booster business in the face of the anticipated retirement of the space shuttles, probably in early 2011.

Alliant, Lockheed Ally Amid Aerospace Shift Andy Pasztor 2010

Best known as the supplier of solid-rocket boosters for the U.S. space shuttle fleet and the Air Force's largest rockets, the Minneapolis-based company announced Thursday it is partnering with Lockheed Martin Corp. to get into a different business: helping upgrade and operate smaller, less expensive launchers designed to blast research and Pentagon satellites into orbit.

Alliant, Lockheed Ally Amid Aerospace Shift Andy Pasztor 2010