NASA Buys Additional Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motors

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NASA BUYS ADDITIONAL SPACE SHUTTLE REUSABLE SOLID ROCKET MOTORS

WASHINGTON -- NASA has purchased two reusable solid rocket motors from
ATK Launch Systems Inc. of Brigham City, Utah, to provide a "launch
on need" rescue capability for the final planned space shuttle
mission, targeted for September 2010.

The reusable solid rocket motors are the propellant-loaded sections of
the solid rocket boosters that provide thrust for the first two
minutes of a shuttle flight. The $64.6 million modification brings
the total value of the contract, which was awarded in October 1998,
to $4.1 billion and covers work started in February to produce and
transport the two motors.

Work will be performed at the contractor's plants in Brigham City and
Clearfield, Utah, and facilities at NASA's Marshall Space Flight
Center in Huntsville, Ala., and Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

For more information about the Space Shuttle Program, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

Source: NASA