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  • Powerful solid rocket motor fired in Utah

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    A five-segment solid rocket booster fires in Utah on Wednesday. Credit: Orbital ATK A solid-fueled rocket booster fired for more than two minutes in Utah on Wednesday, spewing a torrent of glowing hot flame against a hillside in a key test for the Space Launch System, a behemoth rocket NASA is developing to send astronauts…

  • Stationary rocket to be test-fired in Utah for NASA

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    Coverage begins at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT). The largest solid rocket booster in the world, an extended version of the space shuttle motor, will be test-fired in Utah on Wednesday to check its qualifications to be part of NASA’s new heavy-lift Space Launch System. Comprised mostly of legacy space shuttle parts, including a piece…