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NASA's Ares I-X moon rocket makes first test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 28, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (25) | 17

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight.

Rocket with new module for space station blasts off

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A Soyuz rocket carrying a new Russian-made module for the International Space Station blasted off on Tuesday from the Baikonur space base in Kazakhstan, television pictures showed.

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.

X-ray named top achievement by British museum

Other Sciences / Other

Nov 04, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

The X-ray was named the most important modern scientific achievement Wednesday in a poll conducted for Britain's Science Museum, beating Apollo spacecraft and DNA.

Russian rocket to launch from French Guiana in 2010

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 07, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 4

A Russian rocket will next year for the first time blast off from a European launch pad in South America, officials said Saturday, as the first rockets headed for the site on board a ship.

NASA is 'go' for crucial rocket test

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 25, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (7) | 5

NASA is set to blast off a prototype rocket on Tuesday that carries hopes of returning humans to the Moon, and for the first time to Mars, despite deep uncertainty about the program's future.

Space hotel taking bookings for 2012 opening

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 05, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (21) | 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first orbiting space hotel is on track to open for its first customers in 2012, but hurry, as bookings are filling fast.

NASA on track for Monday space shuttle launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 14, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- NASA has cleared space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Monday on a trip to stock up the International Space Station with several years' worth of spare parts.

Ionic Liquid's Makeup Measurably Non-Uniform at the Nanoscale

Physics / Condensed Matter

Nov 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Texas Tech University, Queen's University in Belfast, Ireland, the University of Rome and the National Research Council in Italy recently made a discovery about the non-uniform chemical compositions ...

Ariane 5 rocket places two satellites into orbit (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 30, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last night, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place two telecommunications satellites, NSS-12 and Thor 6, into geostationary transfer ...

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