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NASA Buys Additional Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motors
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Dec 16, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Steering the Ares Rockets on a Straight Path
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Dec 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Ares I-X rocket stood more than 325 feet tall on the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Spectators watched in awe as its massive solid rocket motor blazed to life with a thunderous ...
Missile defense test aborted when target fails
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Dec 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Missile Defense Agency says a planned test of a ground-based missile defense system in Hawaii was aborted because the target missile failed.
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Orion Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor Lights Up Sky
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Dec 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It looked like a light show in Elkton, Md., on Tuesday, Dec. 15, as NASA ground tested a full-scale attitude control motor, or ACM. The motor operated with precision as its elaborate eight-valve ...
Rocket launches Air Force satellite from Fla.
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Dec 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A rocket carrying an Air Force satellite that will be used by the military has launched from Cape Canaveral.
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: Floating 'junk' no threat to space station
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Nov 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- NASA says a piece of old space junk that it's been tracking for a few days is no threat to the International Space Station.
Astronauts dock at International Space Station
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Dec 22, 2009 |
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A Russian rocket carrying three astronauts from Japan, Russia and the United States docked at the International Space Station Wednesday, the Russian flight control centre said.
Calif. space tourism firm launches S. Korea deal
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Dec 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A California company developing a rocket plane for space tourism announced Thursday that it has an agreement with a nonprofit group in South Korea to conduct launches in that nation.
Further Tests Designed for Rover's Right-Rear Wheel
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A series of diagnostic tests on Spirit's right-rear wheel on sols 2104 and 2105 (Dec. 3 and 4) investigated stalls that occurred on Sol 2099 (Nov. 28) and earlier. The rover team cannot draw ...
'Volume dial' neurone may aid spinal disease
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Dec 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scottish researchers have discovered a new class of neuron that may lead to new therapies for spinal injury.
Panasonic Develops A Gallium Nitride (GaN) Inverter IC for Motor Drive with High Efficiency
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Panasonic today announced the development of a Gallium Nitride (GaN) -based monolithic inverter integrated circuit (IC) for motor drive. The integrated six GaN-based transistors can be independently driven ...
On the tip of your tongue: Researchers reveal our motor system activates when we hear speech
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Dec 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London have discovered our motor system activates automatically when we hear speech. These findings could, in the future, play a central role ...
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