News tagged with shuttle engine
Dancing droplets rock out on space station
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA has taught more than half a million internet viewers how microgravity affects scientific principles by using everyday objects on the International Space Station. In the latest ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 07, 2012 |
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SpaceX’s Dragon, now with seating for seven
So much for the idea that space capsules are cramped and can only carry a limited crew. SpaceX revealed a prototype for their new crew cabin design, as they conducted a joint daylong review with NASA of the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 19, 2012 |
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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 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Russian cargo ship launched to space station
A Russian cargo ship was launched successfully to the International Space Station on Sunday, clearing the way for the next manned mission and easing concerns about the station's future after a previous failed launch.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2011 |
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Shuttle Atlantis heads home from space station
The crew of Atlantis undocked Tuesday from the International Space Station, wrapping up the last visit by a US shuttle to the orbiting outpost and setting its sights on an emotional homecoming.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 19, 2011 |
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Engineer to launch bacteria into space aboard the final mission of space shuttle Atlantis
There will be some very interesting passengers on the final mission of the NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis scheduled to launch July 8, 2011: thousands of bacteria.
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Upper stage engine ready for testing at NASA's Stennis Space Center
NASA's new J-2X rocket engine, which could power the upper stage of the nation's future heavy-lift launch vehicle, is ready for its first round of testing. The fully assembled engine was installed Saturday in the A-2 Test ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 14, 2011 |
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NASA: Endeavour's last launch delayed again
Space shuttle Endeavour's final launch is off until at least the end of the week because technicians need to replace a switch box in the engine compartment, NASA said Sunday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 01, 2011 |
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Engineer's fall from launch pad still being probed
(AP) -- NASA says there were no safety gear malfunctions in last week's death of a launch pad worker.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2011 |
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'There's the orbiter, go put a motor in it'
The first time anyone installed a main engine in a space shuttle in 1980, it took three days and prompted a series of changes that quickly became standard practice.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 23, 2010 |
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NASA technology chief: We'll decide what rocket we want to build
NASA engineers -- not Congress -- must determine the design of America's next big spaceship to take humans beyond the moon, according to the agency's top technology official.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 05, 2010 |
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Researchers to send bacteria into orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis
A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will send an army of microorganisms into space this week, to investigate new ways of preventing the formation and spread of biofilms, or clusters ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 10, 2010 |
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Nanotech in Space: Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit
Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer were sent into orbit on Nov. 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Era Ends for Space Shuttle Main Engine Test Program
(PhysOrg.com) -- With 520 seconds of shake, rattle and roar on July 29, NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center marked the end of an era for testing the space shuttle main engines that have powered the nation's ...
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Jul 31, 2009 |
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University of Texas 'Picosatellite' to be launched from space shuttle to begin milestone mission
In an initial step toward the first successful rendezvous and docking of very small satellites without human control, a pair of miniature "picosatellites" built by University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M ...
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Jun 09, 2009 |
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