News tagged with test rocket
Private rocket launch successful on maiden flight (Update 3)
A privately owned rocket successfully blasted off on its first flight, marking a significant milestone for the space industry in the race to develop commercial carriers.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 04, 2010 |
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Danish engineers planning manned space craft
(PhysOrg.com) -- A couple of Danish engineers are working towards launching a human being into space.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 27, 2010 |
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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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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 22, 2010 |
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NASA puts new Ares I-X rocket on launch pad for test flight
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new vehicle is sitting at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares I-X flight test vehicle arrived at the pad ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2009 |
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PayPal millionaire's rocket making 1st test flight (Update)
The privately-owned SpaceX prepares for a first rocket flight on Friday, a key test in developing commercial launchers capable of servicing the orbiting International Space Station.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 03, 2010 |
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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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2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight
(AP) -- Two of three parachutes malfunctioned in the test flight of a prototype moon rocket earlier this week, causing major damage to the booster, NASA said Friday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2009 |
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SpaceX completes important 'wet dress' rehearsal test for upcoming flight to space station
SpaceX successfully completed a key test of the Falcon 9 rocket that will fly the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. Called a ‘wet dress rehearsal,’ SpaceX brought the Falcon ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 05, 2012 |
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The world's first Expansion/Deflection nozzle hybrid tested
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of Bristol and Airborne Engineering last month conducted a number of performance tests of their experimental hybrid rocket engine, called Firecrest.
Jun 08, 2010 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Ares Super-chute
NASA and U.S. Air Force test pilots have just dropped a 50,000-pound "dummy" rocket booster on the Arizona desert--and stopped it before it crashed. It's all part of NASA's plan to return to the Moon.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Sls avionics test paves way for full-scale booster firing
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has successfully tested the solid rocket booster avionics for the first two test flights of the Space Launch System, America's next heavy-lift launch vehicle. This avionics system includes ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 03, 2012 |
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Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is using powerful computers and software programs to design the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires. But those computers will have their work ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 22, 2009 |
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NASA performs first J-2X powerpack test of the year
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at NASA's Stennis Space Center conducted an initial test of the J-2X engine powerpack Feb. 15, kicking off a series of key tests in development of the rocket engine that will carry ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 16, 2012 |
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