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Thiokol produced many popular units, notably the Imp, Super Imp and Spryte models but changed ownership and name several times before going out of business in 2000 as the Logan Machine Company and manufacturer of the LMC brand.
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Thiokol also produced a variety of liquid and solid rocket motors for the US space program, including deorbit motors for the Mercury and Gemini programs, rocket stages and separation rocket motors for the Apollo program, motors for the Pioneer, Surveyor, Viking, Voyager, and Magellan missions, updated CASTOR boosters for the Delta rocket, and the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster.
In addition to ski lifts, Thiokol produced a range of equipment for ski resorts including snowcats and snow grooming vehicles.
Thiokol produced snow vehicles with a wide range of capabilities and duties.
Thiokol and many
Despite layoffs over the past decade, much of Brigham City's economy relies on Thiokol, the creator of many missiles, as well as the solid rocket booster for the Space Shuttle.
Additionally, the local Autoliv ( formerly a part of Thiokol ) airbag plants also net Brigham City many jobs.
Feynman's investigations also revealed that there had been many serious doubts raised about the O-ring seals by engineers at Morton Thiokol, which made the solid fuel boosters, but communication failures had led to their concerns being ignored by NASA management.
Thiokol and popular
Thiokol machines were used in ski resorts, operated by the USAF in Alaska and other northern regions, and are now popular with private owners as dependable snowcats and for all terrain transport.
Thiokol and Imp
A trackmaster ( a Thiokol Imp ) in Montana
Thiokol and Spryte
Amphibious Thiokol Swamp Spryte All Terrain Vehicle
Thiokol and changed
Thiokol of Utah sold its ski-lift and snowcat operations in 1978, with John C DeLorean purchasing the snowcat division, and changed its name to DMC.
Thiokol sold its ski-lift and snowcat operation in 1978 to John DeLorean, and changed its name to DMC.
Thiokol and name
In 2001, ATK acquired Thiokol, renaming it to ATK Launch Systems in 2006 ( though it's still known within the industry by its original name ).
* 1998: Thiokol changes name to Cordant Technologies.
The company Thiokol applied their name to a competing type of rubber based on ethylene dichloride which was commercially available in 1930.
Thiokol and before
Thiokol bags were first used in U. S. military aircraft, before being adapted to space exploration ( Mars Pathfinder bounced down on Mars on Thiokol airbags ) and automotive airbags.
Thiokol and going
* 1989: Morton Thiokol splits, with most of the chemical concern going with Morton.
Thiokol and business
Since 2000 ATK has grown as a result of both internal expansion and a series of acquisitions, including Thiokol propulsion, the ordnance business of Boeing and CCI / Speer, an ammunition manufacturer, and Federal Ammunition.
Its initial business was a range of synthetic rubber and polymer sealants, and Thiokol was a major supplier of liquid polymer sealants during World War II.
Thiokol and 2000
* 2000: Thiokol merges with two divisions of Alcoa and with Howmet Castings and Huck Fasteners to become AIC Group ( Alcoa Industrial Components ).
Thiokol and Logan
* Thiokol Trackmasters, see also Logan Machine Company
Thiokol and Company
) The jettison motor was a separate solid fuel rocket manufactured by the Thiokol Chemical Company.
CTEC, which stands for Cable Transportation Engineering Company, was the successor to Thiokol, a company which built 41 ski lifts between 1971 and 1977.
It was developed beginning in the 1950s by the Reaction Motors Division of Thiokol Chemical Company to power the X-15 research aircraft.
The Thiokol Chemical Company was founded in 1929.
* 1929: Thiokol Chemical Company founded.
Thiokol and manufacturer
Thiokol was the sole manufacturer of the reusable Solid Rocket Motor used to launch the NASA Space Shuttle, which will be adapted to the Space Launch System.
The prime contractor for the SRBs and the manufacturer of the vital solid fuel rocket segments was the Thiokol Corporation of Brigham City, Utah.
Other notable players in the North American snowcat market included Thiokol, Bombardier, KRISTI snowcat and Swedish manufacturer Aktiv Snow Trac.
* 1998: Thiokol branded polymer products purchased by PolySpec L. P., a Houston-based manufacturer of industrial coatings, marine decking, and subsea insulation products.
Thiokol and brand
* 1982: Thiokol merges with Morton-Norwich products ( owners of the Morton Salt concern, the Simoniz automotive products brand, and various chemical concerns ).
Thiokol and .
The AAM-N-6a was similar to the-6, but used a new Thiokol liquid-fuel rocket engine for improved performance.
The sweeping curve which connected to the east end of the Big Fill now passes a Thiokol rocket research and development facility.
" Thiokol " polymers arise when sodium polysulfide is treated with an alkyl dihalide.
It determined that the accident was due to a failure of rubber O-rings made by Morton Thiokol that provided a pressure seal in the aft field joint of the shuttle's right Solid Rocket Booster.
On February 3, 1971, a fire and explosion occurred at the Thiokol Chemical plant, located 12 miles southeast of Woodbine.
Thiokol Corporation moved operations to Redstone Arsenal from Maryland in the summer of 1949 to research and develop rocket propellants, while Rohm and Haas began work on rockets and jet propulsion.
Surface-to-Surface projects were the Honest John, Little John, Hawk, Lacrosse, and Corporal Type III ; the liquid-fueled Corporal Type III was soon canceled and the solid Thiokol fueled Sergeant project started.
It is near the headquarters of ATK Thiokol, the company that created the solid rocket boosters for the Space Shuttle.
Skynet 1B was placed in a geostationary transfer orbit and was abandoned in transfer orbit ( 270 x 36058 km ) due to a failure of the Thiokol Star 37D apogee kick motor.
After the SRBs were retrieved from the ocean following a launch, they were shipped by train back to ATK ( formerly Thiokol ) for refurbishment.
Ronald D. Dittemore ( right ) Ron D. Dittemore ( born April 13, 1952, Cooperstown, New York ) former shuttle program manager of NASA, is currently the president of ATK Launch Systems Group, formerly known as ATK Thiokol Propulsion, part of Alliant Techsystems ( ATK ), Inc.
Most salient was the failure of both NASA and its contractor, Morton Thiokol, to respond adequately to the design flaw.
NASA's contract with Morton Thiokol, the contractor responsible for the solid rocket boosters, included a clause stating that in the event of a failure leading to " loss of life or mission ," Thiokol would forfeit $ 10 million of its incentive fee and formally accept legal liability for the failure.
After the Challenger accident, Thiokol agreed to " voluntarily accept " the monetary penalty in exchange for not being forced to accept liability.
Crippen subsequently became president of Thiokol Propulsion where he served from December, 1996 to April, 2001.
Thiokol produces the Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motors and other defense and commercial solid rocket motors.
During his interim away from NASA, Horowitz held a senior executive position with ATK Thiokol, the makers of the Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters.
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