Apr 20 1988
From The Space Library
The third full-duration test firing of NASA's redesigned Space Shuttle solid rocket motor was carried out at Morton Thiokol's Wasatch Facility near Brigham City, Utah. The 126-foot long, 1.2 million-pound motor, designated Qualification Motor-6 (QM-6), underwent a full-duration horizontal test firing of two minutes. The test, tentatively labeled a success, was the third of five test firings to be carried out prior to the scheduled resumption of Shuttle flights in August 1988. (NASA Release 88-51; MSFC Releases 88-43, 88-44; AP, Apr 20/88; UPI, Apr 20/88; NY Times, Apr 21/88; W Post, Apr 21/88; USA Today, Apr 21/88; W Times, Apr 21/88)
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