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Steering the Ares Rockets on a Straight Path

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 ...

Improved Electric Propulsion Could Boost Satellite Lifetimes

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Oct 21, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have won a $6.5 million grant to develop improved components that will boost the efficiency of electric propulsion systems used to control ...

Plasma Rocket Could Travel to Mars in 39 Days

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 06, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (123) | 72

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last Wednesday, the Ad Astra Rocket Company tested what is currently the most powerful plasma rocket in the world. As the Webster, Texas, company announced, the VASIMR VX-200 engine ran at ...

Astronauts get shuttle ready to come home Saturday

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 27, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Their mission almost complete, space shuttle Discovery's astronauts checked out their ship's flight systems Friday to ensure a safe return to NASA's spaceport.

Cassini Swaps Thrusters

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Early this morning the Cassini spacecraft relayed information that it had successfully swapped to a backup set of propulsion thrusters late Wednesday.

ISS Expedition 18 Crew Completes Spacewalk

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 10, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tuesday's spacewalk with Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov concluded at 5:11 p.m. EDT when the Pirs docking module airlock was closed. The spacewalk concluded ...

Cassini Thruster Swap Planned

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Feb 02, 2009 | 4 / 5 (6) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Cassini spacecraft will swap to a backup set of propulsion thrusters in mid-March due to degradation in the performance of the current set of thrusters.