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Japan's H-2B rocket carrying the unmanned HTV transportation vehicle launches

Japan sends first cargo spacecraft to ISS

Sep 11, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1

Japan on Friday launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, aiming for a share of space transport after the retirement of the US space shuttle fleet next year.

Lightning delays space shuttle Endeavour launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 11, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- NASA scrubbed space shuttle Endeavour's Saturday evening launch after lightning struck at least 11 times near the seaside launch pad.

Ariane 5 - First launch of 2009

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Feb 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport at Kourou, in French Guiana, on its mission to place two multi-role telecommunications satellites into geostationary ...

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NASA Buys Additional Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motors

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 16, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has purchased two reusable solid rocket motors from ATK Launch Systems Inc. of Brigham City, Utah, to provide a "launch on need" rescue capability for the final planned space shuttle mission, targeted ...

NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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.

Delta II Rocket Coming Together for NASA's GLAST Satellite Launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 14, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

The Delta II 7920-H, or "Heavy," rocket that will launch NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) satellite is in the process of being assembled on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ...

External Tank, Solid Rocket Boosters, Readied for Next Shuttle Launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 06, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

External tank ET-127 and the twin solid rocket boosters, which will fly with space shuttle Atlantis on the next shuttle mission, were joined Aug. 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The next processing ...

Russian firm besieged with rocket orders

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 17, 2007 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

Russia's Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has received 14 orders for the Proton carrier rockets the firm manufactures.

Discovery is mated with external fuel tank

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 25, 2007 | not rated yet | 0

Space shuttle Discovery has been attached to its external fuel tank and rocket boosters in preparation for its launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

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 Updated Rocket Motor For Shuttle

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 01, 2006 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

NASA technicians said Friday they successfully tested an updated version of the rocket motor for the space shuttle's twin solid-fuel boosters at a Utah test facility. The new flight-support motor, designated FSM-12, burned ...

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 ...