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Busy rocket season to launch at Poker Flat Research Range

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jan 12, 2009 | 2 / 5 (1) | 0

A total of eight National Aeronautics and Space Administration sounding rockets will launch from Poker Flat Research Range in 2009. The rocket season is split into two launch windows. The first launch window opens Jan. 10, ...

Bad weather could interfere with NASA test flight

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

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

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.

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 picks Boeing as Ares I contractor

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 13, 2007 | not rated yet | 2

The U.S. space agency has selected The Boeing Co. as the prime contractor to produce, deliver and install avionics systems for the Ares I rocket.

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

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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, ...

Father of China's space tech program dies at 98

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 31, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 2

(AP) -- Qian Xuesen, a rocket scientist known as the father of China's space technology program, died Saturday in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 98.

Ares I Five Segment Development Motor on the Move

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Apr 20, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- On April 16, NASA moved the first segment of the Ares I rocket's five segment development motor, or DM-1, from ATK Space System's production facility in Promontory, Utah, to the nearby test ...

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.

NKorea rocket launch partial success: US expert

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 05, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 4

North Korea's rocket launch is a partial technological success on the way to building a long-range missile, even if Pyongyang failed to put a satellite in orbit, the former director of the US missile defense agency said ...

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