Five-Segment Solid Rocket Booster Burn Expected To Last About
Two Minutes
NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) will conduct a
full-scale test of a five-segment, solid rocket motor at the ATK
Aerospace Systems test facility in Promontory, Utah, at 1605 EDT,
Thursday, Sept. 8. The static firing of the five-segment solid
rocket motor, designated Development Motor-3 (DM-3), will last
approximately two minutes.
Researcher Says It's "Unlike Anything We've Seen Before"
Two studies appearing in the Aug. 25 issue of the journal Nature
provide new insights into a cosmic accident that has been streaming
X-rays toward Earth since late March. NASA's Swift satellite first
alerted astronomers to intense and unusual high-energy flares from
the new source in the constellation Draco.
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