http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (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 roar, and the spacecraft rose off the launch pad. http://www.physorg.com/news179156798.html Space & Earth Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:47:44 EST news179156798 (AP) -- NASA still isn't sure why two parachutes failed during a test flight of its prototype moon rocket just over a month ago. http://www.physorg.com/news179088399.html Space & Earth Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:20:01 EST news179088399 (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. http://www.physorg.com/news176128209.html Space & Earth Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:30:51 EST news176128209 (AP) -- NASA says the booster rocket used in a test flight was badly dented when it fell into the Atlantic. http://www.physorg.com/news176057111.html Space & Earth Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:46:30 EST news176057111 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. http://www.physorg.com/news175953892.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:05:24 EST news175953892 (AP) -- Bad weather was interfering with NASA's attempt to launch a new, experimental rocket for the second day in a row early Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news175930078.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:40:02 EST news175930078 (AP) -- NASA tried for hours Tuesday to launch its newest rocket for a shakedown flight, but clouds and high wind kept it stuck on the pad. http://www.physorg.com/news175870090.html Space & Earth Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:50:29 EST news175870090 (AP) -- NASA's newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight. http://www.physorg.com/news175783093.html Space & Earth Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:39:15 EST news175783093 NASA is set to blast off a prototype rocket on Tuesday that carries hopes of returning humans to the Moon, and for the first time to Mars, despite deep uncertainty about the program's future. http://www.physorg.com/news175694891.html Space & Earth Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:08:50 EST news175694891 (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 atop of a giant crawler-transporter at approximately 7:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news175257006.html Space & Earth Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:30:34 EST news175257006 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and industry engineers conducted a design limit load test of the Ares I rocket's main parachute Oct. 8 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz. The Ares I is the first rocket in NASA's Constellation Program which will launch explorers on journeys to the International Space Station, the moon and beyond. http://www.physorg.com/news174290535.html Space & Earth Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:30:01 EST news174290535 NASA and industry engineers lit up the Utah sky Thursday with the initial full-scale, full-duration test firing of the first stage motor for the Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a crew launch vehicle in development for NASA's Constellation Program. http://www.physorg.com/news171818661.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:40:06 EST news171818661 (PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in more than a quarter-century a new space vehicle stands ready in NASA's Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building. The Ares I-X rocket, its simulated crew module and launch abort system are assembled on a mobile launch platform at Kennedy in preparation for launch this fall. http://www.physorg.com/news169740718.html Space & Earth Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:40:01 EST news169740718 (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 are the three massive main parachutes -- measuring 150 feet in diameter and weighing 1-ton each -- the largest rocket parachute ever manufactured. http://www.physorg.com/news161879186.html Space & Earth Mon, 18 May 2009 15:27:05 EST news161879186 (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 stand, in preparation for the first ground test, targeted for August. http://www.physorg.com/news159469263.html Space & Earth Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:01:36 EST news159469263 (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 NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.physorg.com/news156179269.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:08:59 EST news156179269 (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. http://www.physorg.com/news155923882.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:12:21 EST news155923882 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the second drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The test took place Feb. 28 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz. http://www.physorg.com/news155234526.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:43:22 EST news155234526 (PhysOrg.com) -- The development of NASA's next-generation crew launch vehicle, the Ares I rocket, took another step forward Thursday as Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, successfully tested a critical piece. ATK conducted a full-scale separation test of the forward skirt extension for the Ares I-X flight test at its facility in Promontory, Utah. http://www.physorg.com/news152543648.html Space & Earth Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:14:41 EST news152543648 (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 checked the old-fashioned way with the first of several uncrewed demonstration launches beginning in 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news151861629.html Space & Earth Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:48:00 EST news151861629 In the game of astronomy, size matters. To get crisp, clear images of things billions of light years away, a telescope needs to be big. http://www.physorg.com/news151166571.html Space & Earth Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:42:51 EST news151166571 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's newest high-performance rocket engine, the J-2X, successfully completed its critical design review Thursday at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. http://www.physorg.com/news145881785.html Space & Earth Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:43:05 EST news145881785 (PhysOrg.com) -- The first major flight hardware of the Ares I-X rocket has arrived in Florida to begin preparation for the inaugural test flight of the agency's next-generation launch system. The test flight is targeted for July 12, 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news145026120.html Space & Earth Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:02:00 EST news145026120 The Ares I rocket, America's next flagship in space, is now in development by NASA and its industry partners, and soon will carry human explorers and new missions of discovery to the moon and beyond. And thousands of American workers in 32 states and Puerto Rico are helping make it happen. http://www.physorg.com/news140883276.html Space & Earth Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:14:36 EST news140883276 (PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have completed first-round testing of a critical motor for NASA's new Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a two-stage rocket that will launch astronauts aboard the Orion crew capsule on missions to the International Space Station and to the moon by 2020. http://www.physorg.com/news140442483.html Space & Earth Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:48:03 EST news140442483 NASA has taken a major step toward building the nation's next generation launch vehicle with Wednesday's successful completion of the Ares I rocket preliminary design review. http://www.physorg.com/news140358776.html Space & Earth Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:32:56 EST news140358776 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and industry engineers have successfully completed the first drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The drogue parachute is designed to slow the rapid descent of the spent first-stage motor, cast off by the Ares I rocket during its climb to space. http://www.physorg.com/news136215079.html Space & Earth Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:31:19 EST news136215079