Well, at least something I've worked on may eventually get off the ground: Norway enters space race

Norwegian ammunition systems and missile propulsion company Nammo Raufoss AS conducted a static firing of their first full-scale hybrid sounding rocket motor, a part of the Norwegian sounding rocket (NSR) on 30th August.

The rocket motor, tank/valve system and mobile ground support equipment have been designed in cooperation with Lockheed Martin Michoud Operations. All production and testing have been performed by Nammo Raufoss AS.

The purpose of the NSR is to launch scientific probes to investigate the atmosphere around the North Pole.

The rocket motor stands over 10 meters tall in flight configuration. The main tank was filled with 200 kilogram of liquid oxygen, which serves as the Oxidizer for the motor.

NAMMO also has a press release here.

This was a sweet little project to work on...but yes, I'm still bitter about not being able to go on the boondoggle to Norway [whine].

Posted by T.L. James on September 15, 2005 04:37 PM