{"id":86686,"date":"2010-07-12T18:58:37","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T10:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/atk-ares-1-static-fire-test-set-for-september-after-successful-integration\/"},"modified":"2010-07-12T18:58:37","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T10:58:37","slug":"atk-ares-1-static-fire-test-set-for-september-after-successful-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/atk-ares-1-static-fire-test-set-for-september-after-successful-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"ATK Ares-1 Static Fire Test Set For September After Successful  Integration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[07-12-10] <strong>Alliant Techsystems<\/strong> (ATK) and <strong>NASA<\/strong> have completed installation work on the second Ares 1 first stage five-segment development motor (DM-2) in preparation for its static-fire test scheduled for early September, NASA announced July 9.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Acting as prime contractor for the Ares 1 first stake, ATK designed the engine with a focus on astronaut safety in efforts to provide the United States with a reliable launch capability for both crew and cargo missions. The motor, which is 154 feet in length and 12 feet in diameter, has been installed horizontally in a NASA test stand in Utah. Results from this test will be compared with data from the ground test of the first five-segment motor and Ares 1-X test flight, which were both completed in 2009. <br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The information gathered will be used to evaluate performance, roll control, acoustics, motor vibrations, oscillations, nozzle modifications and insulation upgrades. <br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NASA said the installation work was completed on time and that ATK is on schedule and within budget of their NASA Ares contract structure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[07-12-10] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and NASA have completed installation work on the second Ares 1 first stage five-segment development motor (DM-2) in preparation for its static-fire test scheduled for early September, NASA announced July 9. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Acting as prime contractor for the Ares 1 first stake, ATK designed the engine with a focus on astronaut [&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-86686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86686"}],"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=86686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}