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NASA's Ares I-X moon rocket makes first test flight

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight.

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (25) | comments 17

2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight

(AP) -- Two of three parachutes malfunctioned in the test flight of a prototype moon rocket earlier this week, causing major damage to the booster, NASA said Friday.

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

NASA puts new Ares I-X rocket on launch pad for test flight

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new vehicle is sitting at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares I-X flight test vehicle arrived at the pad ...

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 9

NASA: Booster rocket damaged in test flight

(AP) -- NASA says the booster rocket used in a test flight was badly dented when it fell into the Atlantic.

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

NASA is 'go' for crucial rocket test

NASA is set to blast off a prototype rocket on Tuesday that carries hopes of returning humans to the Moon, and for the first time to Mars, despite deep uncertainty about the program's future.

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created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Bad weather delays NASA new rocket test flight

(AP) -- NASA tried for hours Tuesday to launch its newest rocket for a shakedown flight, but clouds and high wind kept it stuck on the pad.

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created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

NASA puzzled why parachutes failed in rocket test

(AP) -- NASA still isn't sure why two parachutes failed during a test flight of its prototype moon rocket just over a month ago.

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3

NASA Completes Assembly of Ares I-X Test Rocket

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in more than a quarter-century a new space vehicle stands ready in NASA's Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building. The Ares I-X rocket, its simulated crew module ...

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created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bad weather could interfere with NASA test flight

(AP) -- NASA's newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight.

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA tries 2nd time to launch experimental rocket

(AP) -- Bad weather was interfering with NASA's attempt to launch a new, experimental rocket for the second day in a row early Wednesday.

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Steering the Ares Rockets on a Straight Path

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Ares I-X rocket stood more than 325 feet tall on the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Spectators watched in awe as its massive solid rocket motor blazed to life with a thunderous ...

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is using powerful computers and software programs to design the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires. But those computers will have their work ...

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created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Test in Development of NASA's New Crew Rocket is Successful

(PhysOrg.com) -- The development of NASA's next-generation crew launch vehicle, the Ares I rocket, took another step forward Thursday as Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, successfully tested a critical piece. ATK ...

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created Jan 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Final Piece Of NASA's Next-Generation Rocket Heads To Launch Site

(PhysOrg.com) -- The final pieces of the Ares I-X flight test rocket left the Alliant Tech Systems manufacturing facility in Promontory, Utah, Thursday and began a 2,917-mile journey to its launch site at ...

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created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2