DM-2: NASA/ATK test fires five-segment solid rocket motor

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Author:collectspace
Published:2010-08-31 16:17:08

Presented by collectSPACE.com -- T' Source for Space History and Artifacts. Arrr! Blimey! NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, a two-minute, full-scale test o' t' largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. Well, blow me down! Blimey! T' motor is potentially transferable t' future heavy-lift launch vehicle designs. Ahoy! Blimey! T' stationary firin' o' t' first-stage development solid rocket motor, dubbed DM-2, shiver me timbers, was t' most heavily instrumented solid rocket motor test in NASA history. Blimey! Blimey! More than 760 instruments measured 53 test objectives. VIdeo credit NASA TV

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