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. 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 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 innovative hybrid motor is the largest of its kind in the world and offers safety features including a kill switch allowing the spaceship to glide back to Earth and perform a conventional runway touch down. http://www.physorg.com/news162884806.html Space & Earth Sun, 31 May 2009 06:16:59 EST news162884806 (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) -- 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