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Images of the Day... Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, announced today that they are planning to develop a manned spacecraft that will soar into Earth orbit aboard ATK's Liberty Launch System, which was unveiled to the public late last year. ATK, which built the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) for the now-defunct space shuttle program and will provide the SRBs for NASA's Space Launch System (at least for the SLS' first couple of flights; NASA is planning to eventually replace the SRBs with more advanced solid or liquid-fueled motors for the rocket's side-mounted boosters), is aiming for 2014 to conduct the inaugural test flight of Liberty from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ATK is targeting 2015 to conduct the first crewed flight of Liberty—while 2016 is a tentative date in which the vehicle could support manned missions for NASA and other prospective customers.
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