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Ares Super-chute
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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 Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket
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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.
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 ...
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 Conducts First Ares I Rocket Cluster Parachute Test
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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 Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket
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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 ...
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.
NASA Conducts Second Test of Main Parachute for Ares Rockets
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Nov 16, 2007 |
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NASA and industry engineers successfully tested the main parachute for Constellation Program rockets during a drop test Thursday at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz.
Test in Development of NASA's New Crew Rocket is Successful
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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 ...
'Look Ma, No Parachute!' Lunar Lander Floats on Electric-blue Jets
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 15, 2009 |
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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!
NASA Launch Tests Alternate Concept for Astronaut Escape System
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Jun 04, 2009 |
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NASA's Max Launch Abort System, or MLAS, is scheduled to be tested June 15 at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. The launch window extends from approximately 5:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. EDT.
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