Orbital ATK and NASA Release Initial Findings from SLS Booster QM-1 Test Fire

Orbital ATK’s SLS solid rocket booster Qualification Motor-1 (QM-1) test fire March 11, 2015 at the company’s test stand in Promontory, Utah. Photo Credit: Mike Killian / AmericaSpace

The solid rocket booster that will propel NASA’s skyscraper-size Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its Orion spacecraft on deep space missions in the coming years [...]