{"id":82334,"date":"2012-10-09T23:47:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T15:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-awards-atk-50-million-contract-for-advanced-concept-booster\/"},"modified":"2012-10-09T23:47:40","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T15:47:40","slug":"nasa-awards-atk-50-million-contract-for-advanced-concept-booster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-awards-atk-50-million-contract-for-advanced-concept-booster\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Awards ATK $50 Million Contract for Advanced Concept Booster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Satellite TODAY 10-09-12] <strong>ATK <\/strong>has been awarded a $50 million contract by NASA to further develop the Advanced Concept Booster Development for NASA\u2019s <strong>Space Launch System (SLS)<\/strong> through complete engineering development and risk reduction tests, ATK announced Oct. 9.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ATK has been tasked with using cost-effective materials and processes to solve technological challenges encountered in the development of the advanced booster requirements for NASA\u2019s SLS Program. The company will develop a lithium-ion battery-powered electric thrust vector control system, high-performance propellant, lightweight composite rocket motor case and an advanced nozzle, all of which will undergo an integrated booster static test firing.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u201cThis program will not only demonstrate a higher-performing booster, it will verify our affordability initiatives, which are key to sustainability as we move forward,\u201d ATK Space Launch Division Vice President and General Manager Charlie Precourt said in a statement. &#8220;Our advanced booster design incorporates innovations that deliver greater performance than current NASA requirements, while also providing higher reliability and lower costs.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Satellite TODAY 10-09-12] ATK has been awarded a $50 million contract by NASA to further develop the Advanced Concept Booster Development for NASA\u2019s Space Launch System (SLS) through complete engineering development and risk reduction tests, ATK announced Oct. 9. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ATK has been tasked with using cost-effective materials and processes to solve technological [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}