News tagged with test rocket

results timeline

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

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 ...

Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jan 22, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is using powerful computers and software programs to design the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires. But those computers will have their work ...

Successful first test for Vega's Zefiro 9-A solid-fuel rocket motor

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 24, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0

Yesterday, the Zefiro 9-A motor successfully completed its first firing test at the Salto di Quirra Inter-force Test Range in Sardinia (Italy). This was the penultimate firing test for the engine prior to ...

Search results for test rocket

Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

19 hours ago | 4.6 / 5 (8) | 1

(AP) -- A spacecraft designed to rocket wealthy tourists into space as early as 2011 was unveiled Monday in what backers of the venture hope will signal a new era in aviation history.

A scale model of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo

Virgin Galactic readies maiden suborbital flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (21) | 9

British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft on Monday that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space -- for a mere 200,000 dollars.

Steering the Ares Rockets on a Straight Path

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(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 ...

NASA Challenges 350 Rocketeers Nationwide to Aim a Mile High

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has invited more than 350 student rocketeers from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities -- 37 teams nationwide -- to take part in the 2009-2010 NASA Student Launch Projects.

NASA puzzled why parachutes failed in rocket test

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 03, 2009 | 3.4 / 5 (5) | 3

(AP) -- NASA still isn't sure why two parachutes failed during a test flight of its prototype moon rocket just over a month ago.

Rocket test will carry Purdue experiment

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 30, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers are designing and building an experiment that will operate during a test flight of a new type of reusable rocket to be launched by aerospace company Blue Origin LLC.

Japan launches 5th spy satellite

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 28, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (9) | 3

(AP) -- Japan launched its fifth spy satellite into orbit Saturday in a bid to boost its ability to independently gather intelligence, the government said.

A system of space solar power system (SSPS)

Japan eyes solar station in space as new energy source

Technology / Energy

Nov 08, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (23) | 32

It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.

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.