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QM-1 case history

Monday, March 9, 2015 0:07
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When Orbital ATK lights a five-segment solid rocket motor in Utah on Wednesday (March 11), it will be test firing an advanced booster that’s steeped in space shuttle history. The first of two ground tests in support of NASA’s heavy-lift Space Launch System, the qualification motor (QM-1) is comprised of case parts that flew on 23 space shuttle missions dating back 30 years.

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