NASA, Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and Lockheed Martin performed a ground test of a full-scale attitude control motor for the launch abort system of the Orion crew exploration vehicle. The test was conducted at ATK's facility in Elkton, Md.
/ Courtesy: NASA/ATK
Update Monday afternoon
DENVER (AP) -- Colorado Sen. Mark Udall says he's guardedly optimistic about saving space-related jobs in Colorado after speaking with NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden.
Udall and Sen. Michael Bennet, both Democrats, met with Bolden on Monday to discuss the impact on Colorado of President Barack Obama's decision to cancel NASA's Constellation program, meant to return humans to the moon.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Colorado is building the Orion crew capsule for Constellation.
Udall says canceling Orion would directly lead to the loss of 1,000 jobs. Some estimate say another 3,000 related jobs would also be lost.
Udall says Bolden told him NASA is still committed to human space flight.
Udall says he's now waiting to see what Obama says about space later this week.
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Original story
DENVER (AP) -- Colorado stands to lose thousands of jobs because of proposed budget changes at NASA. Sen. Mark Udall was meeting with NASA's administrator on Monday to try to stop the space agency from ending its Orion program at Lockheed Martin in Jefferson County.
Other members of Colorado's congressional delegation have also been pushing to maintain the program, which employs about 4,000 people.
Rep. Mike Coffman says representatives from Colorado have been working with their counterparts from other states to save the overall Constellation space program. But this weekend he says they learned that Florida officials are trying to win jobs for their state, a move he fears will break up the congressional coalition.
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