News tagged with flight test
Researchers of microraptor shed light on ancient origin of bird flight
A joint team from the University of Kansas and Northeastern University in China says that it has settled the long-standing question of how bird flight began.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 25, 2010 |
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SOFIA Telescope Assembly Activated In Flight
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy successfully completed telescope assembly activation during an almost six-hour test flight Jan. 15.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 21, 2010 |
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New materials designed to deal with hypersonic and supersonic hot stuff (w/ Video)
University of Queensland researchers are testing new materials to withstand the extreme heat experienced by hypersonic vehicles in flight so they can fly for substantially longer.
Dec 24, 2009 |
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NASA Tests Unique Jumbo Jet with Opening in Side; Plane's Airborne Telescope Will Be Used to Study Cosmos
(PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared observations reached a milestone Friday when doors covering the plane's telescope were fully opened ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Virgin Galactic readies maiden suborbital flight
British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft on Monday that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space -- for a mere 200,000 dollars. (Update: Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship) ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 06, 2009 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 03, 2009 |
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STPSat-1 successfully completes extended mission
The STPSat-1, built for the Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program (STP) and operated by the DoD STP for the first year then transitioned to NRL for the last 16 months, was decommissioned on October ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Rocket test will carry Purdue experiment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers are designing and building an experiment that will operate during a test flight of a new type of reusable rocket to be launched by aerospace company Blue Origin LLC.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 30, 2009 |
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KLM flies world's first 'passenger flight on biofuel'
A Boeing 747, one of four engines powered by a 50-percent biokerosene mix, circled the Netherlands for an hour on Monday for what airline KLM called the world's first passenger flight using biofuel.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 23, 2009 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Bad weather could interfere with NASA test flight
(AP) -- NASA's newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Panel says NASA should skip moon, fly elsewhere (Update)
(AP) -- NASA needs to make a major detour on its grand plans to return astronauts to the moon, a special independent panel told the White House Thursday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 23, 2009 |
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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 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2009 |
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NASA Updates Shuttle Atlantis Target Launch Date
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is targeting Nov. 16 for the launch of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2009 |
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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 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 17, 2009 |
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