News tagged with moon rocket

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.

Problem cancels moon rocket test firing in Utah

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(AP) -- A mechanical failure forced a NASA contractor on Thursday to call off the first test firing of the main part of NASA's powerful new moon rocket.

NASA may delay 2020 moon launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 22, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 4

NASA's plans to return astronauts to the moon are quietly being revised and are in danger of slipping past 2020.

Ares Super-chute

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 16, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (5) | 0

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.

Bad weather could interfere with NASA test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 26, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- NASA's newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight.

NASA's new moon probe sends back moon shots

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Jun 24, 2009 | 3.1 / 5 (8) | 5

(AP) -- NASA's new lunar probe launched less than a week ago has already sent back some shots of the moon.

NASA tries 2nd time to launch experimental rocket

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 28, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

(AP) -- Bad weather was interfering with NASA's attempt to launch a new, experimental rocket for the second day in a row early Wednesday.

LRO lunar mission successfully enters moon orbit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jun 23, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 4

After a four and a half day journey from the Earth, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully entered orbit around the moon. Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., ...

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.

Funding threatens US return to moon by 2020

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jun 18, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 2

US ambitions of returning to the moon by 2020 and then heading to Mars risk being grounded because of "unrealistic" funds allocated to NASA, said Senator Bill Nelson, a former space shuttle astronaut.

In Brief: Russia to build moon rocket

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Oct 19, 2006 | 4.6 / 5 (7) | 0

Russia is building a new spaceship that can fly to the moon.

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 tests moon orbiter components

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jan 12, 2008 | not rated yet | 2

U.S. engineers are testing the components of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to make sure it is ready for its mission to the moon.

Bad weather delays NASA new rocket test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(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.

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