Space Travel and Exploration
May 15, 2012
ATK Announces Complete Liberty System to Provide Commercial Crew Access
Arlington, VA (SPX) May 14, 2012
ATK reports that it has developed Liberty into a complete commercial crew transportation system, including the spacecraft, abort system, launch vehicle, and ground and mission operations, designed from inception to meet NASA's human-rating requirements with a potential for the first test flight in 2014 and Liberty crewed flight in 2015. The company also announced Lockheed Martin will provide support to the ATK and Astrium Liberty team as a major subcontractor on the project. "Our goal in pro ... read more

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