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NASA, AFOSR Test Environmentally-Friendly Rocket Propellant

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, have successfully launched a small rocket using an environmentally-friendly, safe propellant comprised of aluminum powder and ...

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created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 4

Air Force report: Ares I crew couldn't survive blast in first minute

The crew of NASA's newest spacecraft "will not survive" an explosion of the Ares I rocket within the first minute of launch because blazing chunks of solid-rocket fuel would melt the parachutes on the crew-escape system, ...

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created Jul 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Sir Richard Branson All Fired Up With Latest Rocket Motor Test

Virgin Galactic owned by Sir Richard Branson completed a successful test on May 28, 2009 of its hybrid nitrous oxide motor designed by Scaled Composites and a subcontractor Sierra Nevada Corporation. The ...

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created May 31, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 16 weblog

NASA to Test World's Largest Rocket Parachutes for Ares I

(PhysOrg.com) -- With Memorial Day just around the corner, NASA plans a spectacular aerial display May 20 of the newly designed parachute recovery system for its Ares I rocket. The centerpieces for the test ...

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created May 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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 ...

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created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Final Piece Of NASA's Next-Generation Rocket Heads To Launch Site

(PhysOrg.com) -- The final pieces of the Ares I-X flight test rocket left the Alliant Tech Systems manufacturing facility in Promontory, Utah, Thursday and began a 2,917-mile journey to its launch site at ...

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created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

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.

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created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Japan to develop midair rocket-launch system

The government has launched a project to develop a midair rocket-launching system that can place satellites in orbit, it has been learned.

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created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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