News tagged with ares
Steering the Ares Rockets on a Straight Path
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Dec 04, 2009 |
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(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 ...
NASA puzzled why parachutes failed in rocket test
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- NASA still isn't sure why two parachutes failed during a test flight of its prototype moon rocket just over a month ago.
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 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 and ATK Successfully Test Ares First Stage Motor
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Sep 10, 2009 |
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ares I Five Segment Development Motor on the Move
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Apr 20, 2009 |
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(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 ...
