News tagged with rocket motor
NASA successfully tests five-segment solid rocket motor
NASA and ATK Space Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of Development Motor-3 (DM-3), Thursday, Sept. 8. DM-3 is NASA's largest and most powerful solid rocket motor ever designed for ...
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Maiden flight for Virgin Galactic's 'SpaceShipTwo' (Update)
Virgin Galactic's experimental SpaceshipTwo (SS2), an aircraft designed to one day carry paying customers into space, had its maiden flight in the California desert Monday, company officials announced.
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Mar 22, 2010 |
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GOCE's electric ion propulsion engine switched on
(PhysOrg.com) -- GOCE's sophisticated electric ion propulsion system has been switched on and confirmed to be operating normally, marking another crucial milestone in the satellite's post-launch commissioning ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 06, 2009 |
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The spark of a new era
Seventy-five years ago this Halloween, at 9 a.m., a truck from the California Institute of Technology turned on to a road owned by the Pasadena Water Department and after heading down a small hill came to ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Scorpions inspire scientists in making tougher surfaces for machinery
Taking inspiration from the yellow fattail scorpion, which uses a bionic shield to protect itself against scratches from desert sandstorms, scientists have developed a new way to protect the moving parts of ...
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Mars 'hopper': Space scientists develop new breed of space vehicle
Scientists and engineers at the internationally acclaimed Space Research Centre at the University of Leicester are developing a conceptual motor design for a Mars 'hopping' vehicle which should lead to a greater ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2010 |
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NASA's Stardust: Good to the last drop
(PhysOrg.com) -- On Thursday, March 24 at about 4 p.m. PDT (7 p.m. EDT), NASA's Stardust spacecraft will perform a final burn with its main engines.
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Mar 24, 2011 |
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Russia blames 'chance' defect for space crash
Russia on Friday blamed a one-off production fault in a rocket engine for the crash of an unmanned spaceship last month but nevertheless ordered checks of all similar rocket motors.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 09, 2011 |
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Ares I Five Segment Development Motor on the Move
(PhysOrg.com) -- On April 16, NASA moved the first segment of the Ares I rocket's five segment development motor, or DM-1, from ATK Space System's production facility in Promontory, Utah, to the nearby test ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2009 |
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NASA Marshall Successfully Tests Sub-Scale Rocket Motor (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fire and sparks flew as a 24-inch-diameter solid rocket motor was successfully tested May 27 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The 21-second firing tested a NASA sub-scale ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 28, 2010 |
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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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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 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 10, 2009 |
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NASA Buys Additional Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motors
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has purchased two reusable solid rocket motors from ATK Launch Systems Inc. of Brigham City, Utah, to provide a "launch on need" rescue capability for the final planned space shuttle mission, targeted ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 16, 2009 |
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NASA's Space Shuttle Program Conducts Final Motor Test In Utah (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah.
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Feb 25, 2010 |
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Students building rocket for moon vehicle
Purdue University students are designing and building a rocket engine that might be used in a vehicle to land on the moon.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 14, 2011 |
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