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Setting sight on a single star
NASA recently selected 20 small satellites to fly as auxiliary cargo aboard rockets that are planned to launch in 2011 and 2012.
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May 16, 2011 |
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J-2X test series proves part integrity
Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center gave a key component of the J-2X engine a brisk workout to ensure it can withstand its extreme operating environment. The engine's fuel turbopump first stage ...
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May 16, 2011 |
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Space tourism craft reaches glide-test milestone (Update)
High over the Mojave Desert, the stubby-winged SpaceShipTwo bent itself into a near-right angle shape and plunged nearly straight downward for more than a minute before unfolding and gliding to a runway landing ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 04, 2011 |
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UMaine students test wireless sensors on rocket
Five University of Maine students participated in a recent launch process as a rocket loaded with wireless sensors the students developed in a UMaine lab blasted off in California’s Mojave Desert.
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Apr 27, 2011 |
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Ariane rocket launches two telecoms satellites
An Ariane-5 rocket placed two telecommunications satellites into geostationary orbit, the 43rd successive success for the European rocket, Arianespace announced.
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Apr 23, 2011 |
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White House: First family to attend shuttle launch
(AP) -- President Barack Obama and his family will attend next week's launch of Endeavour, NASA's next-to-last space shuttle flight commanded by the husband of critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2011 |
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India launches three satellites on single rocket
India launched a rocket carrying three satellites into orbit on Wednesday in its latest effort to gain a share of the global commercial space market.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2011 |
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Rocket launches from California coast
A rocket carrying a national security payload has been successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on California's central coast.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 15, 2011 |
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Asia's star burns ever brighter in space
Asia's extraterrestrial ambitions have rocketed from nowhere in the 50 years since the first human space flight, with China shooting for the moon while India and Japan fuel up their own programmes.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2011 |
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NASA, Roscosmos to discuss nuclear powered rocketry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Anatoly Perminov, director of the Russian Space agency Roscosmos, has announced plans for an upcoming meeting between the Russian space agency, and it’s counterparts in the United States, France, Germany ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Astronauts head to ISS on spaceship Gagarin (Update 3)
Three astronauts on Tuesday blasted off for the International Space Station in a spaceship named after the first man in space Yuri Gagarin in honour of his historic flight 50 years ago.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Japan brings artificial intelligence to rockets
(PhysOrg.com) -- In order to look at trimming costs when it comes to rockets, researchers in Japan are looking to create a ‘smart’ rocket. With the use of artificial intelligence, they hope to create ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2011 |
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NASA's successful 'can crush' will aid heavy-lift rocket design
On March 23, NASA put the squeeze on a large rocket test section. Results from this structural strength test at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will help future heavy-lift launch vehicles ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2011 |
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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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Experimental Scramjet aircraft set for test flight
The X-51A Waverider hypersonic scramjet project is set for its second test flight today, and the U.S. Air Force hopes it will demonstrate technology that can eventually be used for more efficient transport ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2011 |
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