DM-2: NASA/ATK test fires five-segment solid rocket motor (2011-05-31)

Presented by collectSPACE.com -- The Source for Space History and Artifacts. NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, a two-minute, full-scale test of the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. The motor is potentially transferable to future heavy-lift launch vehicle designs. The stationary firing of the first-stage development solid rocket motor, dubbed DM-2, was the most heavily instrumented solid rocket motor test in NASA history. More than 760 instruments measured 53 test objectives. VIdeo credit NASA TV

JAXA launches Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki on H-IIA (2011-06-23)

The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 17 with the Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" and the Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator "IKAROS" onboard launched at 6 am JST on May 21, 2010 (4:58:22 pm CDT May 20). Video credit: JAXA

Last shuttle SRB ground test (2011-05-31)

Presented by collectSPACE.com -- The Source for Space History and Artifacts. The thunderous roar from a space shuttle solid rocket booster reverberating and rebounding off the mountains of northern Utah was heard for the final time Thursday, as NASA and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) ignited their last ground test after three decades of static firings... For more, see collectSPACE.com