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... to provide sufficient thrust for the Shuttle to attain orbit. Under the modified agreement, ATK Thiokol would produce and refurbish 70 RSRMs and three flight-support motors. The US$429 million ... agreed on in October 1998. The original contract had been the sixth agreement between ATK Thiokol Propulsion and NASA's MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC in Huntsville, Alabama. (NASA, “NASA Extends ...

... that it's absolutely not true. I attended all the meetings and the recommendation was Thiokol, and it was not his recommendation. I mean, he could have changed it and everything ... , it was none of that. It was absolutely not involved. So it wound up with Thiokol and eventually it was built and strapped on the side of the shuttle, and now ... you're the ones that insisted in your previous incarnation to have it made at Thiokol," and lot of inferences that were really not deserved. I don't remember if he ...

... two-stage, longtank Thor-Delta (DSV-3N-6) booster with six solid-fuel, strap-on Thiokol rockets. Satellite entered polar, sun-synchronous orbit with 1478.2-km (918.7-mi) apogee ... Sinus Medii was lower than at Sea of Tranquility . Results suggested important differences in detailed chemical composition at different mare areas on moon. ''(Science, 1/23/70, 376-9)'' USAF announced ...

... , however, that the NASA cost analysis had contained an overstatement of the cost differential favoring Thiokol 's proposal over Lockheed's and recommended the NASA Administrator determine whether the award should be reconsidered. Dr. Fletcher advised the Comptroller General that the decision to proceed with Thiokol was based on the conclusion that the rationale used for the initial selection remained valid ...

... fourth test completed, the Air Force considered the motor ready for production and flight. Morton Thiokol 's Wasatch Division was the rocket's manufacturer. NASA had tentatively scheduled Payload Assist Module ... filled its can with eight ounces of cola and a plastic pouch that expanded when chemicals were mixed inside it to create carbon dioxide gas, which then inflated the pouch and ...

... source, and four firms- Aerojet Strategic Propulsion Co., Atlantic Research Corp., Hercules, Inc., and Chemical Systems Div. of United Technologies Corp.-had expressed interest in becoming the SRM second ... dual source in comparison to the cost of contracting the balance with the incumbent (Morton Thiokol , Inc.) only. “Based on the above, NASA intends to notify the four interested firms ...

... Aerospace Company's Aerospace division of Salt Lake city, Utah; Morton Thiokol Inc., Brigham City, Utah; and United Technologies Chemical System Division, San Jose, California. The results of the preliminary studies would ...

... other news organizations, the Justice Department disclosed documentation showing that the Federal Government and Morton Thiokol paid $7,735,000 in cash and annuities to settle all claims with the families ... . Scobee , Ellison Onizuka , Gregory B. Jarvis, and Sharon Christa McAuliffe . Settlements had been reached among Thiokol and two other families-those of Judith Resnik and Ronald E. McNair -with no Government ...

... SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC announced. A previous letter contract issued 26 June 1974 had given Thiokol authority to proceed with the work which included design, development, test, and evaluation of the solid rocket motor. The contracts also called for Thiokol to provide support equipment, tooling and support parts, systems-integration support and special studies, and ...

... cylindrical segment, with a finished weight of about 5060 kg, for delivery to Thiokol in Sept. 1976. Thiokol would load the solid propellants into 4 motor-case segments over 3 m in ...

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