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NASA's new moon rocket makes first test flight (AP)

NASA's Ares I-X moon rocket makes first test flight

Oct 28, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (25) | 17

(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 puts new rocket on launch pad for test flight (AP)

NASA puts new Ares I-X rocket on launch pad for test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 20, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (10) | 9

(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 ...

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 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's Ares 1-X rocket rolled to launch pad 39-b at the Kennedy Space Center October 20, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida

NASA is 'go' for crucial rocket test

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 25, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (7) | 5

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.

2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 30, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 1

(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.

Giant Rockets Could Revolutionize Astronomy

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jan 14, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (6) | 2

In the game of astronomy, size matters. To get crisp, clear images of things billions of light years away, a telescope needs to be big.

NASA: Booster rocket damaged in test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 29, 2009 | 3 / 5 (6) | 0

(AP) -- NASA says the booster rocket used in a test flight was badly dented when it fell into the Atlantic.

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 puzzled why parachutes failed in rocket test

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 03, 2009 | 3.4 / 5 (5) | 3

(AP) -- NASA still isn't sure why two parachutes failed during a test flight of its prototype moon rocket just over a month ago.

First Rocket Parts Of NASA's New Launch System Arrive In Florida

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 04, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (4) | 0

(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 ...

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 ...

Artist rendering of Ares I rocket in flight

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.

Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jan 22, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 2

(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 ...

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 ...