News tagged with space rocket

SKorea delays rocket launch minutes before blast-off

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

South Korea Wednesday postponed the launch of its first space rocket just eight minutes before the scheduled blast-off, due to a technical fault.

SKorea postpones first space rocket launch: official

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Mar 12, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

South Korea's first space rocket launch has been postponed by a month to late July to give engineers more time for tests, the government said Thursday.

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.

The rocket that thinks it's a jet

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Feb 19, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (16) | 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- A reusable spaceplane that can take off from a conventional aircraft runway, carry over twelve tonnes to orbit and then return to land on the same runway could be less than a decade away thanks ...

Rocket with new module for space station blasts off

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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.

Rich circus man says space trip worth $35 million

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 06, 2009 | 2.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- The rich circus showman who bought a $35 million ticket to the International Space Station says it's been worth every penny.

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.

Delays seen for Soyuz, Vega launches at Europe's space base

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Jun 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The first launches by the veteran Russian rocket Soyuz and a new light rocket called Vega from Europe's space base will be postponed to 2010, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Monday.

NASA: Booster rocket damaged in test flight

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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.

S.Korea first rocket launch set for August 11

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 7

South Korea has rescheduled its first space rocket launch from its soil to August 11 after repeatedly postponing it due to technical reasons, officials said Saturday.

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

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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 ...

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.

Funding threatens US return to moon by 2020

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jun 18, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 2

US ambitions of returning to the moon by 2020 and then heading to Mars risk being grounded because of "unrealistic" funds allocated to NASA, said Senator Bill Nelson, a former space shuttle astronaut.

Bad weather delays NASA new rocket test flight

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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.

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