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Norman Vernon Harris

Last updated Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 4:54pm

Norman Vernon Harris, 73, of Garland, died Thursday, July 28, 2011. A funeral will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, in the Garland Tabernacle, 140 W. Factory. A viewing will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at Rogers and Taylor Funeral Home, 111 N. 100 East in Tremonton, and from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Tabernacle before the funeral. Interment will follow at 3 p.m. in the Grace Idaho Cemetery. Condolences may be posted at www.rogersandtaylor.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Incentives assist ATK expansion

Tanna Woods Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, July 29, 2011 - 10:46pm

CLEARFIELD -- Officials have approved a plan that will give a national company $14 million in incentives to expand its local facilities and bring in an estimated 800 jobs.

Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) is making a substantial investment in Clearfield by expanding its current operations. The operations will occupy 96 acres on multiple sites. ATK already has several facilities in Clearfield involved with aerospace and armaments.

The 802 jobs expected to be created during the 20 years of the contract will have an average wage that exceeds 125 percent of the Davis County wage for each year. For 2010, the wage rate is $35,831.

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Thousands gather in the surf and on the beach in Cocoa Beach, Fla., on Friday to watch the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on STS-135. It was NASA’s last shuttle to to thunder into orbit.

Shuttle lifts off for last flight

Marcia Dunn The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, July 8, 2011 - 11:47pm

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With a cry from its commander to "light this fire one more time," the last shuttle thundered into orbit Friday on a cargo run that will close out three decades of both triumph and tragedy for NASA and usher in a period of uncertainty for America's space program.

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See shuttle launch free today at IMAX

Contributed Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 11:28pm

SALT LAKE CITY — The Clark Planetarium in Salt Lake City will open the ATK IMAX Theatre free of charge to the public today to watch the final shuttle launch from Kennedy Space Center.

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ATK prepares for life after the space shuttle

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 10:21pm

OGDEN -- ATK Space System officials were not comforted as they watched Republican presidential candidates talk about space flight during a recent televised debate.

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(JOHN RAOUX/The Associated Press) The crew of space shuttle Atlantis, from left, mission specialist Rex Walhiem, mission specialist Sandy Magnus, pilot Doug Hurley and commander Chris Ferguson attend a news conference in June at Pad 39A during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch of Atlantis, the final space shuttle mission, is scheduled for Friday.

Utahns regret end of space shuttle program

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, July 3, 2011 - 11:01pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Current and former Utahns who took part in projects related to the space shuttle program say Friday's final launch will be a bittersweet moment as they take pride in the program's accomplishments but feel regret over the end of an era.

David Sebahar began working as an engineer at NASA contractor Thiokol Corp.'s rocket works in Box Elder County in 1982 following the first shuttle launch in 1981. He spent most of the last three decades working on shuttle-related projects.

Friday's launch of Atlantis will mark NASA's 135th and final shuttle flight.

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File photo of an Aries five-segment solid-rocket booster prior to an ATK test firing.

ATK boosters may have new role

Dan Leone Space.com

Last updated Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 11:35am

WASHINGTON -- Facing mounting pressure to bring industrial competition to a congressionally mandated heavy-lift rocket development program, NASA has tentatively selected a vehicle design featuring solid-fueled, side-mounted boosters that eventually could be replaced with liquid-fueled engines, according to U.S. industry and congressional sources.

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ATK awarded multi-million dollar F-35 contract

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 9:51pm

CLEARFIELD — A multimillion-dollar contract for work on the F-35 is headed to Clearfield.

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ATK Technicians prepare the CASTOR 30 that will be sent to NASA’s Wallops Island Virginia location for the first Test Flight of Orbital’s Commercial Taurus II rocket later this year.

ATK gets $57 million deal

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Monday, April 25, 2011 - 7:55pm

PROMONTORY -- A contract for ATK to supply a second stage motor for a commercial space-launch vehicle will keep people working in the company's Utah facilities, a spokeswoman said Monday.

ATK announced it was awarded a $57 million contract to provide the Castor¬Æ 30XL, an upgraded second stage motor for Orbital Science Corporation's Taurus¬Æ II commercial launch vehicle, which will supply cargo for NASA to the International Space Station.

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ATK under fire for plan to rework Ares

Mark K. Mathews The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Friday, April 15, 2011 - 10:53pm

WASHINGTON -- Over the last six years, NASA has paid Alliant Techsystems of Minnesota more than $1 billion to build a rocket capable of taking a half-dozen astronauts to the International Space Station as a first step to flying them to the moon.

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Arlington David Haws

Obituaries

Last updated Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 4:59pm

Arlington David Haws died April 6, 2011 in Ogden. There will be private family services held. Condolences and thoughts may be expressed to the family online at www.allenmortuaries.net

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'Optimistic' ATK lays off 134 more

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 10:46pm

PROMONTORY -- ATK Space Systems laid off 134 employees Tuesday, the latest in a drumbeat of layoffs since 2009, when it started preparing for the end of its 37-year contract to build motors for the space shuttle.

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ATK lays off 134 employees

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 3:21pm

ATK Space Systems laid off another 134 employees today, bringing the total to 2,100 it has lost since 2009 as the space shuttle program winds down and the future of the Ares rocket program remains in doubt.

Spokeswoman Trina Patterson said the employees laid off were all given separation packages that include up to 26 weeks of severance pay, job help and other benefits.

She said this layoff is "significantly smaller than the ones we have conducted in the past, and we're just getting closer to that skill mix we need for our future contracts."

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Clearfield city officials agree to tower lease agreement

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 10:52pm

CLEARFIELD — Officials have approved an agreement to lease space on a city-owned microwave tower.

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(WILFREDO LEE/The Associated Press) Commander Steve Lindsey waves as he and the crew of Discovery — (from left) mission specialists Nicole Stott, Michael Barratt, Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen and pilot Eric Boe — leave the Operations and Checkout Building to board the space shuttle on Thursday.

Throngs view shuttle Discovery's last launch

Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 25, 2011 - 12:04am

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Discovery thundered into orbit for the final time Thursday, heading toward the International Space Station on a journey that marks the beginning of the end of the shuttle era.