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NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 25, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 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 ...


NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket

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created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 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.





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NASA puzzled why parachutes failed in rocket test

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 4

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


Design chosen for British 1,000 mph car

Design chosen for British 1,000 mph car (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- A British team hoping to be the first to get a car to 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h) has made its final design selection. The six-tonne car, known as the Bloodhound, will be powered by a Eurofighter ...


2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight (AP)

2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 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.


NASA: Booster rocket damaged in test flight (AP)

NASA: Booster rocket damaged in test flight

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

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


Slipper-shaped blood cells

Slipper-shaped blood cells

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Red blood cells, which make up 45 percent of blood, normally take the shape of circular cushions with a dimple on either side. But they can sometimes deform into an asymmetrical slipper shape. A team of physicists ...


Galileo's Jupiter Journey Began Two Decades Ago

Galileo's Jupiter Journey Began Two Decades Ago

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created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Galileo spacecraft began what would become a 14-year odyssey of exploration 20 years ago this Sunday, Oct. 18. Galileo was humanity's first emissary to orbit a planet in the outer solar ...


Look Ma, No Parachute!

'Look Ma, No Parachute!' Lunar Lander Floats on Electric-blue Jets

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (15) | comments 5

How do you fly on a world with no atmosphere? Wings won't work and neither do propellers. And don't even try that parachute!


Russian spacecraft with circus tycoon lands safely (AP)

Russian spacecraft with circus tycoon lands safely

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created Oct 11, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other space travelers landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday, ending the entertainment tycoon's mirthful space odyssey.


NASA Tests Load Limits for Ares I Rocket Main Parachute

NASA Tests Load Limits for Ares I Rocket Main Parachute

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created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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 ...


MIT Student Takes Pictures from Space on Less Than $150 (w/ Video)

MIT Student Takes Pictures from Space on Less Than $150 (w/ Video)

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created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When we think of taking pictures of the earth from space, we assume that a great deal of money has to be spent on high-tech equipment and complex vehicles to get the camera up there. But, ...



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