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Ares Super-chute
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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.
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NASA Tests Load Limits for Ares I Rocket Main Parachute
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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 Conducts First Ares I Rocket Cluster Parachute Test
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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 ...
NASA to Test World's Largest Rocket Parachutes for Ares I
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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 ...
Los Alamos researchers create 'map of science'
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have produced the world's first Map of Science—a high-resolution graphic depiction of the virtual trails scientists leave behind when they retrieve ...
NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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.
Veterinarians developing model to help producers, vets make cattle more comfortable
Feb 17, 2009 |
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Using equipment not all that different from what a runner might take on a jog, veterinary researchers at Kansas State University are working to make life more comfortable for cattle.
Test in Development of NASA's New Crew Rocket is Successful
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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 Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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 ...
Phoenix Lander Has An Oven Full Of Martian Soil
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 11, 2008 |
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has filled its first oven with Martian soil. "We have an oven full," Phoenix co-investigator Bill Boynton of the University of Arizona, Tucson, said today. "It took 10 seconds to ...
More than sunblock required to protect kids while mowing lawns
Jun 03, 2008 |
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Protecting children during summer activities conjures up thoughts of bike helmets, knee pads, and sun block. However, during the summer months, mowing the lawn can be as routine for some children as riding a bike and can ...
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