ATK Expands Liberty Cargo Capability
By Staff .
Source: Aerospace Daily & Defense Report .
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) is developing an extended cargo version of its two-stage Liberty spacecraft that will carry a pressurized logistics module in addition to its crew module. Based on NASA’s 15-ft.-dia. Multipurpose Logistics Module for the space shuttle, the Liberty Logistics Module (LLM) will be capable of transporting up to 5,100 lb. of pressurized cargo. The LLM could accommodate four science racks to the International Space Station, ATK says ...