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NASA's New High-Performance Engine for Ares Rocket Passes Review

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 14, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0

(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.

NASA's Ares I Rocket First Stage Igniter Successfully Tested

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

(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.

NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 02, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(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.

Ares I Five Segment Development Motor on the Move

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 20, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

(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 ...

NASA to begin developing Ares rockets

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 17, 2007 | 3.5 / 5 (4) | 2

The U.S. space agency said it will begin testing core rocket engine components from the Apollo era this month to help build the Ares rocket.

NASA Conducts First Test On New Motor For The Ares I Rocket

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 12, 2008 | 4.1 / 5 (9) | 4

(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 ...

NASA Completes Review Milestone for Ares I First Stage

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jun 13, 2008 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

NASA has completed the preliminary design review for the first stage of the Ares I rocket -- giving overall approval for the agency's technical design approach. This review brings NASA one step closer to developing ...

NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 25, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

(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 ...

Building a New Rocket for the Nation

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 17, 2008 | 3.5 / 5 (12) | 1

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 ...

NASA's Ares I Rocket Passes Review, Takes Giant Leap Toward Reality

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 11, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

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.

NASA Successfully Completes First Series of Ares Engine Tests

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 09, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (5) | 0

NASA engineers Thursday successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets, key components of NASA's Constellation ...

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