40 Years After Apollo, ATK and NASA Unveil the New Ares I Five Segment Solid Rocket...

40 Years After Apollo, ATK and NASA Unveil the New Ares I Five Segment Solid
Rocket Booster
The Next Generation of Space Transportation Is Set to Ignite in August at ATK

PROMONTORY, Utah, July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --In commemoration of the
first moon landing, ATK Space Systems and NASA will mark the next steps in
space as they unveil the first completed Ares I first stage five segment
booster, planned to be tested next month.

What: Unveiling of the five-segment Ares I first stage rocket
When: Monday July 20, 2009
Time: 10 a.m. MDT
Where: ATK Space Systems facility in Promontory, Utah
Who: Charlie Precourt, vice president and general manager, ATK
Space Launch Systems, and former four-time shuttle
Astronaut Kent Rominger, vice president, Test and Research
Operations ATK Space Systems, and former five-time shuttle
Astronaut Alex Priskos, NASA Ares I First Stage Manager
Mike Kahn, executive vice president, ATK Space Systems

Background:

The Ares I first stage has been under development since 2005. Precourt and
Rominger will discuss the history of the space program including how shuttle
and Apollo knowledge has been used to develop Ares I. They will also discuss
the next steps to prepare for the August 25 ground test--the first test of the
Ares I five-segment solid rocket booster.

Note to Editor:
-- Media passes are required to view the unveiling; requests need to be
made by 4 p.m. July 16, 2009. The media must supply photo media
credentials and drivers license upon check-in.
-- The Media will need arrive by 9:30 a.m. on July 20.
-- Photo/video op: Media will be allowed to photograph and video the
booster as the housing structure is rolled back to expose the new Ares
I
five-segment booster.
-- Foreign Media need to have press pass requests in by July 15,()2009,
for
the unveiling and August 1, 2009, for the ground test.

-- Media passes will also be required for the ground test on August 25.

For more information or to request a media pass, contact Trina Patterson at
801.699.0943 trina.patterson@atk.com. Follow updates on twitter at
http://twitter.com/atkrocketnews

Media Contacts:
Trina Patterson, 801-699-0943, trina.patterson@atk.com

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Trina Patterson of ATK, +1-801-699-0943, trina.patterson@atk.com