ATK has worked closely with Northrop Grumman and the Air Force to successfully transfer the remaining PRP work to our facilities. |
ATK has worked closely with Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force to successfully transfer the remaining PRP work to our facilities. We're proud to support this vital program and look forward to performing this work in the years ahead, even as we begin to work on elements of potential future systems. |
George M. Low is a legendary figure for his vision and his role in developing our nation's space programs. It is a tremendous honor for us to accept this award that bears his name. This award reflects the dedication of a talented team of employees who give it their best every day, working as one team with NASA, to ensure the success of our nation's space exploration programs. |
It could be indicative of a rough tile or missing tile. We are not sure yet. I don't have a smoking gun. I don't have anything that shows a root cause. |
It goes back to, how likely is it that you'll have a defect? Very low. And what is your test experience? Overwhelmingly positive. Then you look at your design, and your design is to be very safe. And you look at those, and it's a compelling story. |
It is one of the most complex station assembly flights that we will conduct. |
It's a disappointment that the camera with the very best [launch] view turned out to be out of focus. We've tried to look at alternate camera views, but we know we're not going to get the best view that we could have. |
Right now, it just does not make sense to us that a piece of debris is the root cause to explain the loss of the Columbia crew. There has got to be another reason. |
Soon after, we had loss of signal. |
Teams are beginning the laborious process of looking through the data. It's going to take us some days and weeks to put it all together and make it correct. |
The crew of this particular mission will attach the heaviest, largest and most complex piece of station hardware launched on the shuttle so far. |
The shuttle missions that have gone to the station so far have been extremely successful. This mission takes the level of complexity up a notch. |
There's certainly an element of mission risk. Not safety risk, mission risk. |
This mission ... effectively jump-starts us back into assembling the International Space Station. |
This mission will be a milestone for both the station and shuttle as we complete a major phase of the station's assembly. |