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... tests would certify the system. Thrust-vector control units would be provided in 1978 to Thiokol Corp., MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC contractor for the SRB solid-fuel rocket motor, for ... MSFC announced it had delivered the first production case segment for the SRB motor to Thiokol 's Wasatch Div. in Utah on 27 Sept., beating the schedule by 3 days. All case segments for the first motor were to arrive at Thiokol by the end of 1976. The delivered segment, almost 4 m in diameter and 4 ...

... of the wise leader Chairman Hua Kuo-feng. (FBIS, Tass in English, Jan 30/78) Thiokol Corp.'s Wasatch Div. had used an airfilm material-handling system at its Brigham City ... 's solid-fuel rocket motors and the large number of Shuttle missions expected had led Thiokol to try new types of material-handling systems. Heaviest load moved had been a solid ... segments individually cast with solid rocket motor fuel in one of several pits at the Thiokol facility.) The airfilm system used compressed air to inflate urethane pads (bearings) attached to the ...

... SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC ) prime contractor for Space Shuttle solid-fuel rocket booster motors, Morton Thiokol 's Wasatch Division, successfully static fired today a new lightweight version of that motor at ... that motor, which contained major sections made from graphite epoxy materials manufactured by Thiokol 's subcontractor, Hercules, Inc. Thiokol would perform a final qualification static test of the flight version of the ...

... the four buildings used to mix rocket solid fuels for the Space Shuttle at Morton Thiokol 's rocket motor assembly plant outside Brigham City, Utah, the Washington Post reported. No one ... operated largely by robots at a remote part of the Thiokol plant. Because three of the four fuel mixing plants at Thiokol were needed at all times to maintain solid-fuel rocket ...

... December 29, 1987, fire that killed five workers and destroyed a missile casting building at Thiokol 's Wasatch facility near Salt Lake City. The Utah Occupational and Safety Health Division sought fines of $31,700 against Thiokol , citing violations of safety rules related to protection of workers, deviations from approved procedures, and ...

... improvements in flight safety, reliability, and performance over the current SRMs produced by contractor Morton Thiokol , Inc. The ASRM design considered by NASA would be an advanced version of the segmented ... facilities. Under the current production schedule, the first ASRMs would be flight certified by 1993. Thiokol announced it would bid aggressively to build the ASRM at its existing facilities in Utah ...

... test firing of NASA's redesigned Space Shuttle solid rocket motor was conducted at Morton Thiokol 's Space Operations facility near Brigham City, Utah. The test was part of the Shuttle ... firing of two minutes. After a preliminary examination of the fired motor, NASA and Morton Thiokol officials declared the test an apparent success. The exercise involved the first use of a new test stand at Morton Thiokol . One remaining full-duration test, Production Verification Motor-1 (PVM-1), would be conducted in ...

... 12,000-pound payload capacity aboard the orbiters. Lockheed and GenCorp would eventually replace Morton Thiokol as prime contractors for Shuttle solid rock-et propulsion. A faulty field joint on one of Thiokol 's segmented boosters was blamed for the catastrophic explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger in ...

... , Administrator Richard H. Truly will officially present the NASA 1991 George M. Low Trophy to Thiokol Corporation, Space Operations employees, Bringham City, Utah. The trophy recognizes NASA prime contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers for outstanding achievements in quality and productivity improvement and Total Quality Management (TQM). Thiokol 's Space Operations provides the redesigned solid rocket motor propulsion that produces 80 per-cent ...

... Support Services Company of Annapolis Junction, Maryland, for the large-business service category; and, 4) Thiokol Space Operations of Brigham City, Utah, for the large-business product category. NASA had evaluated ... with NASA's strategic plans, customer orientation, and adherence to the Total Quality Management philosophy. Thiokol Corporation, which had won the Low Award in 1991 and Marshall Space Flight Center 's ...

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