HTTP:: First ARES I Rocket Motor Test Delayed
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As we were reporting yesterday, NASA and ATK Space Systems, a division of the Brigham City, Utah-based Alliant Techsystems, attempted to test-fire the newly finished ARES I rocket motor for the first time. However, a minor glitch caused the test to be postponed until Tuesday, officials at the space agency and the contractor said in a statement. Engineers believe that the source of the malfunction may have been a fuel valve in an auxiliary power unit, but they are currently unsure as to exactly why the glitch occurred, Space reports. “This is part of what you do when we do tests, this is part of the job,†the NASA Ares Projects Office First Stage Manager, Alex Priskos, says of the failed test. The first-stage development motor, or DM-1, is managed by the Ares Projects division, located at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, in Huntsville, Alabama. The broken valve powers the motor's booster nozzle hydraulics and is essential to the correct progression of the test fi!
re. The rocket is still secured at ATK's Utah test facility. The failure disappointed thousands of spectators, who came to the firing range to witness history in the making. The firing of DM-1 was to represent the first live glimpse of Project Constellation for the general public, other than high-tech computer graphics and artists' con...
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