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PROMONTORY, Utah, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK and United Launch Alliance conducted a successful cold-temperature ground test today of a Graphite Epoxy Motor solid rocket motor used to boost ULA Delta IV launch vehicles.

MONROVIA, Calif. -- -- AeroVironment, Inc. announced it received a contract modification effective March 20, 2012 from the U.S. Army Close Combat Weapons Systems , Program Executive Office Missiles and Space .

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Several companies are working on rockets and spacecraft that could ferry supplies and astronauts to the International Space Station, now that the shuttle program is over.

Technicians work inside a composite crew module designed by Alliant Techsystems.

The ability to breathe new life into an aging satellite using robot mechanics could potentially boost satellite industry efficiency and still reduce mission costs, and at least one aerospace firm is forging ahead with plans to do just that.

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Joel M. Greenblatt has been a Managing Partner of Gotham Capital, a hedge fund that he founded, since 1985, and of Gotham Asset Management since 2002.

The retirement of the Space Shuttle program has left NASA with few options for launching Americans into space, except through the Russian space agency which charges more than $60 million per person for rides to the International Space Station .

ATK announced today that it will produce the Composite Crew Module. This means that ATK's Liberty system now is comprised of a launch vehicle, launch abort system and spacecraft.

At a time when NASA's human-spaceflight budget is frozen and likely facing cutbacks, the company that built the space shuttle's solid rocket boosters says it has developed a complete astronaut transportation system using America's existing launch facilities.

A team led by Alliant Techsystems Inc. will propose a new space-taxi project it contends could blast U.S. astronauts into orbit two years earlier than competing plans, a move that comes as more companies race to develop commercial space vehicles.

's stock had its "neutral" rating restated by Zacks in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday.

A CHS truck unloaded fuel at a Cenex store in Montana. Inver Grove Heights-based CHS.

Not only did the state lose a Fortune 500 company, but it almost had another one fall off the list.

ARLINGTON, Va., May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK applauds Charlie Precourt, vice president and general manager of ATK Aerospace Group's Space Launch Division on his induction into the prestigious U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame May 5. "I feel it is a tremendous honor to be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame and am pleased and humbled to join ... (more)

Good day, everyone, and welcome to this ATK Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year '12 Earnings Release Conference Call.

ARLINGTON, Va., May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK today reported operating results for Fiscal Year 2012, which ended March 31, 2012.

Alliant Techsystems Inc. Thursday reported lower earnings for its fourth quarter and fiscal year, citing reduced NASA-related and advanced weapon sales, a shift by consumers to less expensive products and higher raw material costs.