Alliant Techsystems Inc.

WASHINGTON — NASA and Alliant Techsystems of Minnesota agreed Tuesday to share data as ATK attempts to build a rocket that could launch astronauts as early as 2015. No money will exchange hands, but NASA will provide technical support to ATK as it...

A new company will take over operation of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant in September. BAE Systems won the Department of Defense conrtact to run the plant, according to Lt. Col. Andy Munera, the plant's commander.  Alliant Techsystemshas operated the...

RADFORD, Va. (AP) -- Virginia regulators have fined the Radford Army Ammunition Plant $20,000 for releasing excessive carbon monoxide. The Roanoke Times reports it's the plant's eighth violation of state environmental regulations in as many years. The...

In a move sure to please their conservative bases and ardent rocket-building constituents, three Republican members of Congress –  Rep. Bill Posey of  Rockledge, Sandy Adams of Orlando and Rob Bishop of Utah — called on their fellow...

JUST IN FROM NASA: NASA SELECTS COMPANIES FOR HEAVY-LIFT LAUNCH VEHICLE STUDIES WASHINGTON — NASA has selected 13 companies for negotiations leading  to potential contract awards to conduct systems analysis and trade studies for evaluating heavy-...

By Robert Block, Sentinel Space Editor In a move sure to please their conservative bases and ardent rocket-building constituents, three Republican members of Congress –  Rep. Bill Posey of  Rockledge, Sandy Adams of Orlando and Rob Bishop o...

By Robert Block  Orlando Sentinel Space Editor CAPE CANAVERAL – In a surprise move, NASA has told the major contractors working on its troubled Constellation moon rocket program that they are in violation of federal spending rules — and must...

Some members of Congress and a major contractor working on NASA's Constellation program on Thursday expressed outrage at the space agency for stopping work  on the moon program because of alleged violations of federal spending rules by the co...

Aerospace giants Lockheed Martin Corp. and Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, have joined forces to create a new rocket model that could be launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force station, the companies announced Thursday. The rocket is an improved “upgraded...

As NASA continued to investigate the shuttle Columbia's disintegration and ponder the future of the nation's manned space program, Wall Street seemed to draw its own conclusion yesterday and punished stocks of the shuttle's manufacturers - along with...

T. Keith Glennan considered his options. The year was 1959, and a powerful Houston congressman had just offered NASA's first leader 1,000 acres of prime Texas real estate to construct a new space center. On the one hand, Albert Thomas controlled space...