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NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket
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Mar 02, 2009 |
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(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.
NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket
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Jul 25, 2008 |
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(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 ...
Ares Super-chute
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Mar 16, 2009 |
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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.
NASA Tests Load Limits for Ares I Rocket Main Parachute
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Oct 09, 2009 |
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(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 ...
NASA to Test World's Largest Rocket Parachutes for Ares I
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May 18, 2009 |
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(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 ...
NASA Conducts First Ares I Rocket Cluster Parachute Test
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May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Unfurling in majestic patriotic colors, a successful cluster test of the Ares I rocket's three, 1-ton main parachutes was conducted May 20 by NASA and industry engineers at the U.S. Army Yuma ...
Test in Development of NASA's New Crew Rocket is Successful
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Jan 30, 2009 |
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(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 ...
NASA Prepares for Return of Interstellar Cargo
Dec 21, 2005 |
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NASA's Stardust mission is nearing Earth after a 2.88 billion mile round-trip journey to return cometary and interstellar dust particles back to Earth. Scientists believe the cargo will help provide answers ...
Stardust Capsule Set to Return to Earth on Sunday
Jan 11, 2006 |
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This Sunday morning (15th January) at 10.12am GMT a capsule containing dust from Comet Wild 2 will return to Earth landing in the Utah Desert near Salt Lake City. The landing of the capsule marks the return ...
Spacecraft return televised at University of Utah
Aug 24, 2004 |
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Kingsbury Hall to host NASA broadcast of Genesis capture in Utah The University of Utah's Kingsbury Hall will open its doors Weds. Sept. 8 so the public may watch a NASA closed-circuit broadcast of the Genesis space caps ...
Huygens Probe Successfully Detached to Begin Its Final Journey
Dec 25, 2004 |
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The ESA's Huygens probe has successfully detached from NASA's Cassini orbiter early this morning to begin a 21-day journey to Saturn's moon Titan. NASA's Deep Space Network tracking stations in Madrid, Spain, ...
Piece of the Sun returns to Earth
Aug 30, 2004 |
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In a dramatic ending that marks a beginning in scientific research, NASA's Genesis spacecraft is set to swing by Earth and jettison a sample return capsule filled with particles of the Sun that may ultimately ...
Sun Is Closer Than We Thought
Aug 23, 2004 |
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This September, NASA is set to bring back a tiny sampling of the raw material of the Sun, a sample weighing no more than a few grains of salt. In a dramatic ending that marks a beginning in scientific ...
Genesis Mishap Investigation Board Status Report
Sep 21, 2004 |
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The NASA Genesis Mishap Investigation Board (MIB) arrived at Dugway Proving Ground (DPG), Utah, September 10, to take charge of the investigation. The Genesis Sample Return Capsule (SRC) impacted the ground after its drogue an ...
