News tagged with rocket booster

Final Piece Of NASA's Next-Generation Rocket Heads To Launch Site

Mar 13, 2009 | not rated yet | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The final pieces of the Ares I-X flight test rocket left the Alliant Tech Systems manufacturing facility in Promontory, Utah, Thursday and began a 2,917-mile journey to its launch site at ...

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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 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.

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.

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.

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.

NASA's Ares I Rocket First Stage Igniter Successfully Tested

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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 Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket

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

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 ...

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.