News tagged with space rocket

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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created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

For NASA no easy answer for next space destination

(AP) -- Where to next? It's a simple question that NASA can't answer so easily anymore. The veteran space shuttle fleet is months from being mothballed and the White House has nixed a previous plan to fly ...

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created Feb 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 7

NASA Successfully Launches a New Eye on the Sun

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, lifted off Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41 on a first-of-a-kind mission to reveal the sun's inner workings in ...

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created Feb 11, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Russia wants to charge more for rides to space: report

Russia, which is set to hold a monopoly on flights to the international space station (ISS), wants to charge more for rides on its Soyuz rocket, the space agency head said Tuesday.

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created Feb 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 6

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 ...

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created Feb 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 11

Astronauts dock at International Space Station

A Russian rocket carrying three astronauts from Japan, Russia and the United States docked at the International Space Station Wednesday, the Russian flight control centre said.

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created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Astronauts blast off for Christmas space mission

(AP) -- A Russian rocket blasted off from a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan lighting up the frigid Central Asian steppe Monday, shuttling an American, a Russian and a Japanese to the International Space Station.

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created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Calif. space tourism firm launches S. Korea deal

(AP) -- A California company developing a rocket plane for space tourism announced Thursday that it has an agreement with a nonprofit group in South Korea to conduct launches in that nation.

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created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...

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created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Steering the Ares Rockets on a Straight Path

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Ares I-X rocket stood more than 325 feet tall on the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Spectators watched in awe as its massive solid rocket motor blazed to life with a thunderous ...

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

NASA puzzled why parachutes failed in rocket test

(AP) -- NASA still isn't sure why two parachutes failed during a test flight of its prototype moon rocket just over a month ago.

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Father of China's space tech program dies at 98

(AP) -- Qian Xuesen, a rocket scientist known as the father of China's space technology program, died Saturday in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 98.

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created Oct 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars

(AP) -- Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday.

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (34) | comments 36

NASA tries 2nd time to launch experimental rocket

(AP) -- Bad weather was interfering with NASA's attempt to launch a new, experimental rocket for the second day in a row early Wednesday.

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Bad weather could interfere with NASA test flight

(AP) -- NASA's newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight.

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0