News tagged with ares ix
2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight
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Oct 30, 2009 |
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(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.
NASA: Booster rocket damaged in test flight
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Oct 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- NASA says the booster rocket used in a test flight was badly dented when it fell into the Atlantic.
NASA's Ares I-X moon rocket makes first test flight
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Oct 28, 2009 |
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(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.
NASA tries 2nd time to launch experimental rocket
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Oct 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Bad weather was interfering with NASA's attempt to launch a new, experimental rocket for the second day in a row early Wednesday.
Bad weather delays NASA new rocket test flight
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Oct 27, 2009 |
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(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.
Bad weather could interfere with NASA test flight
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Oct 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- NASA's newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight.
NASA is 'go' for crucial rocket test
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Oct 25, 2009 |
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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.
NASA puts new Ares I-X rocket on launch pad for test flight
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Oct 20, 2009 |
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(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 ...
NASA Completes Assembly of Ares I-X Test Rocket
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Aug 17, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Final Piece Of NASA's Next-Generation Rocket Heads To Launch Site
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Mar 13, 2009 |
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(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 ...
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 ...
Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft
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Jan 22, 2009 |
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(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 ...
First Rocket Parts Of NASA's New Launch System Arrive In Florida
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Nov 04, 2008 |
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(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 ...
