NASA and ATK Successfully Test Ares First Stage Motor

NASA and industry partners lit up the Utah sky today with the initial full scale, full-duration test firing of the first motor for the Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a crew launch vehicle in development for NASA's Constellation Program.

NASA and ATK Successfully Test Ares First Stage Motor

NASA and industry engineers lit up the Utah sky Thursday with the initial full-scale, full-duration test firing of the first stage motor for the Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a crew launch vehicle in development for NASA's Constellation Program.ATK Space Systems conducted the successful stationary firing of the five-segment solid development motor 1, or DM-1. ATK Space Systems, a division of