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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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Oct 25, 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 ...
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Oct 20, 2009 |
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India launches seven satellites: space agency
India successfully launched seven satellites including six from foreign countries on Wednesday, officials said, underlining the country's ambitions in the space business.
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Sep 23, 2009 |
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NASA and ATK Successfully Test Ares First Stage Motor
NASA and industry engineers lit up the Utah sky Thursday with the initial full-scale, full-duration test firing of the first stage motor for the Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a crew launch vehicle in development for NASA's ...
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Sep 10, 2009 |
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Rocket to Launch Inflatable Re-entry Capsule
(PhysOrg.com) -- Inflatable aircraft are not a new idea. Hot air balloons have been around for more than two centuries and blimps are a common sight over many sports stadiums. But it's hard to imagine an inflatable ...
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Aug 14, 2009 |
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S.Korea first rocket launch set for August 11
South Korea has rescheduled its first space rocket launch from its soil to August 11 after repeatedly postponing it due to technical reasons, officials said Saturday.
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Aug 02, 2009 |
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NASA Releases Orbiting Carbon Observatory Accident Summary
(PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA panel that investigated the unsuccessful Feb. 24 launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, or OCO, has completed its report.
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Jul 17, 2009 |
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NASA Successfully Tests Alternate Launch Abort System for Astronaut Escape
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's next generation of spacecraft will have the safest-ever astronaut escape system, a modern-day version of the reliable Apollo system. Like Apollo, the Orion launch abort system will ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 08, 2009 |
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SMOS and Proba-2 launch rescheduled for November (w/Video)
Following an agreement between ESA, Krunichev Space Centre and Eurockot Launch Services, ESA's next Earth Explorer mission SMOS and a secondary payload, the technology demonstrator Proba-2 satellite, will ...
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Jun 22, 2009 |
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NASA Conducts First Ares I Rocket Cluster Parachute Test
(PhysOrg.com) -- Unfurling in majestic patriotic colors, a successful cluster test of the Ares I rocket's three, 1-ton main parachutes was conducted May 20 by NASA and industry engineers at the U.S. Army Yuma ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 20, 2009 |
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NASA to Test World's Largest Rocket Parachutes for Ares I
(PhysOrg.com) -- With Memorial Day just around the corner, NASA plans a spectacular aerial display May 20 of the newly designed parachute recovery system for its Ares I rocket. The centerpieces for the test ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 18, 2009 |
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Second firing test for Vega's Zefiro 9A solid rocket motor
On 28 April, the final qualification test firing of the third stage solid propellant motor for Europe’s new small launch vehicle took place at the Salto di Quirra Interforce Test Range in Sardinia, Italy.
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Apr 30, 2009 |
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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 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 13, 2009 |
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SKorea postpones first space rocket launch: official
South Korea's first space rocket launch has been postponed by a month to late July to give engineers more time for tests, the government said Thursday.
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Mar 12, 2009 |
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NASA's Ares I Rocket First Stage Igniter Successfully Tested
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has completed a successful test firing of the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 10, 2009 |
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