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Nasa begins development of Space Launch System flight software

(Phys.org) -- NASA engineers working on the new Space Launch System (SLS) can now begin developing the advanced, heavy-lift launch vehicle's flight software using newly delivered software test bed computers from Boeing. ...

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created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Cosmic calculations: Advance will help astrophysicists explore where stars are born

A University of Delaware-led research team reports an advance in the June 1 issue of Science that may help astrophysicists more accurately analyze the vast molecular clouds of gas and dust where stars are bo ...

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created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

1000 days of infrared wonders

(Phys.org) -- For the last 1000 days the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC), aboard NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, has been operating continuously to probe the universe from its most distant regions to our local ...

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created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Orion Crew capsule targeted for 2014 leap to high orbit

NASA is on course to make the highest leap in human spaceflight in nearly 4 decades when an unmanned Orion crew capsule blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on a high stakes, high altitude test flight in ...

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created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Stars made from galactic recycling material

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ordinary galaxies such as our own Milky Way contain a plethora of gas and dust. Nevertheless, there is not nearly enough matter to explain how galaxies produce new stars at the observed rates ...

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created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Young stars flicker amidst clouds of gas and dust

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have spotted young stars in the Orion nebula changing right before their eyes, thanks to the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. ...

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created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Nasa's picture of the future of human spaceflight

NASA released a new interactive infographic that attempts to give a picture of future of human spaceflight activities and where NASA might be going. The new Space Launch system and the Orion MPCV figure prominently ...

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created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 8

NASA hopes to test new spaceship in 2014

There's no firm date yet, but sometime in early 2014 NASA intends to take its first major step toward rebuilding its human spaceflight program.

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created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 15

NASA moves shuttle engines from Kennedy to Stennis

(PhysOrg.com) -- The relocation of the RS-25D space shuttle main engine inventory from Kennedy Space Center's Engine Shop in Cape Canaveral, Fla., is underway. The RS-25D flight engines, repurposed for NASA's ...

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created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

SOFIA peers in to the heart of the Orion nebula

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) shows a complex distribution of interstellar dust and stars in the Orion nebula. Interstellar dust, composed ...

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created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Image: Orion drop test at Langley

Engineers at NASA Langley conducted the third drop test of the Orion test article as part of Phase 1 water impact testing on Nov. 8.

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created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA's new upper stage engine passes major test

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA conducted a successful 500-second test firing of the J-2X rocket engine on Wednesday, Nov. 9, marking another important step in development of an upper stage for the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS). ...

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created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Image: Orion seen from the Rover

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Apollo 16 Lunar Module "Orion" is photographed from a distance by astronaut Chares M. Duke Jr., Lunar Module pilot, aboard the moving Lunar Roving Vehicle.

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created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

NASA completes Orion spacecraft parachute testing in Arizona

NASA this week completed the first in a series of flight-like parachute tests for the agency's Orion spacecraft. The drop tests at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona support the design and development of the ...

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created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Image: Orion prepares for next round of acoustic testing

The Orion MPCV ground test vehicle is lifted into the acoustic chamber at Lockheed Martin’s facilities near Denver on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, in preparation for the Launch Abort Vehicle Configuration ...

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created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

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