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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Oct 29, 2009
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News tagged with rocket booster
Progress in Starship test launch, but ship and booster explode
SpaceX on Saturday made progress in the second test launch of its mammoth Starship rocket, with the booster separating from the spaceship, but both then exploding shortly after over the ocean.
Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2023
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Iran sends rocket with animal menagerie into space
(AP) -- Iran announced Wednesday it has successfully launched a 10-foot-long research rocket carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms into space - a feat President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said showed Iran could defeat the West ...
Space Exploration
Feb 3, 2010
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Future of U.S. manned spaceflight looks bleak
When Atlantis takes off from Kennedy Space Center, it will be the last time NASA launches astronauts aboard a government-built spacecraft for perhaps the rest of this decade.
Space Exploration
Jul 10, 2011
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Allen, Rutan plan huge plane to launch spaceships
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan are building the biggest plane ever to haul cargo and astronauts into space, in the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons clamoring to write ...
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2011
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SpaceX launching recycled rocket, supply capsule for NASA
Space Age hand-me-downs are soaring to a whole new level.
Space Exploration
Dec 11, 2017
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SpaceX readies second launch using recycled rocket, spaceship
SpaceX is poised Monday to send supplies to astronauts on the International Space Station aboard a rocket booster and a cargo ship that have both flown before.
Space Exploration
Apr 2, 2018
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Lightning delays space shuttle Endeavour launch
(AP) -- NASA scrubbed space shuttle Endeavour's Saturday evening launch after lightning struck at least 11 times near the seaside launch pad.
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2009
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SpaceX stages an amazing launch – but what about the environmental impact?
SpaceX has now launched the most powerful spacecraft since the Apollo era – the Falcon Heavy rocket – setting the bar for future space launches. The most important thing about this reusable spacecraft is that it can carry ...
Space Exploration
Feb 8, 2018
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NASA space launch system core stage moves from concept to design
The nation's space exploration program is taking a critical step forward with a successful major technical review of the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS), the rocket that will take astronauts farther into space ...
Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2012
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