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NASA Conducts First Test On New Motor For The Ares I Rocket

Sep 12, 2008 | 4.1 / 5 (9) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have completed first-round testing of a critical motor for NASA's new Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a two-stage rocket ...

GOCE gravity satellite moves to launch pad

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 11, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With liftoff just five days away, ESA's GOCE spacecraft - encased in the protective half-shells of the launcher fairing - has been transported from the cleanroom and installed in the launch ...

Ariane rocket puts telecom satellites into orbit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 21, 2008 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport at Kourou, in French Guiana, on its mission to place two multi-role telecommunications satellites into geostationary ...

NASA's New High-Performance Engine for Ares Rocket Passes Review

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 14, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's newest high-performance rocket engine, the J-2X, successfully completed its critical design review Thursday at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

First Rocket Parts Of NASA's New Launch System Arrive In Florida

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 04, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first major flight hardware of the Ares I-X rocket has arrived in Florida to begin preparation for the inaugural test flight of the agency's next-generation launch system. The test flight ...

Building a New Rocket for the Nation

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 17, 2008 | 3.5 / 5 (12) | 1

The Ares I rocket, America's next flagship in space, is now in development by NASA and its industry partners, and soon will carry human explorers and new missions of discovery to the moon and beyond. And thousands ...

Last-ever look at ESA's gravity satellite GOCE

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 04, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As preparations for the launch of GOCE on 10 September continue on schedule, an important milestone has just been achieved as engineers at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia say farewell ...

Ariane 5 - Fifth launch of 2008

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 15, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport at Kourou, in French Guiana, on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbits.