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NASA Receives First Stage Rocket Hardware for Ares I-X Test Flight

NASA Receives First Stage Rocket Hardware for Ares I-X Test Flight

   NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida welcomed the arrival Nov. 10 of important hardware for the Ares I-X rocket's upcoming test flight.

Posted : Tue, Nov 18, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

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

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

   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.

Posted : Fri, Nov 14, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Tests Lunar Rovers and Oxygen Production Technology

NASA Tests Lunar Rovers and Oxygen Production Technology

   NASA has concluded nearly two weeks of testing equipment and lunar rover concepts on Hawaii's volcanic soil.

Posted : Thu, Nov 13, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Launches IBEX Mission to Outer Solar System

NASA Launches IBEX Mission to Outer Solar System

   NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission, or IBEX, successfully launched from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean at 1:47 p.m. EDT, Sunday.

Posted : Tue, Oct 21, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Updates Time for Space Shuttle Atlantis' Roll from Launch Pad

NASA Updates Time for Space Shuttle Atlantis' Roll from Launch Pad

   NASA managers have adjusted the time for space shuttle Atlantis' rollback from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Posted : Fri, Oct 17, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA’s Mars Rover To Head Toward Bigger Crater

NASA’s Mars Rover To Head Toward Bigger Crater

   NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity is setting its sights on a crater more than 20 times larger than its home for the past two years.

Posted : Mon, Sep 22, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket

NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket

   NASA and industry engineers have successfully completed the first drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The drogue parachute is designed to slow the rapid descent of the spent first-stage motor, cast off by the Ares I rocket during its climb to space.

Posted : Fri, Jul 25, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Sets Launch Dates for Remaining Space Shuttle Missions

NASA Sets Launch Dates for Remaining Space Shuttle Missions

   Following a detailed, integrated assessment, NASA selected target launch dates for the remaining eight space shuttle missions on the current manifest in 2009 and 2010.

Posted : Tue, Jul 08, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA, ATK Conduct First Launch Abort System Igniter Test for Orion

NASA, ATK Conduct First Launch Abort System Igniter Test for Orion

   NASA and Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, reached another milestone Friday with the successful test firing of a critical safety component for the Orion crew exploration vehicle, NASA's next generation of spaceships.

Posted : Mon, Jun 16, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Extends Expendable Launch Vehicles Support Contract

NASA Extends Expendable Launch Vehicles Support Contract

   NASA has awarded Analex Corporation of Fairfax, Va., an option for the Expendable Launch Vehicles Integrated Support, or ELVIS, contract.

Posted : Mon, Jun 16, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Selects Goddard Program Analysis and Control Contractor

NASA Selects Goddard Program Analysis and Control Contractor

   NASA has selected SP Systems Inc. of Greenbelt, Md., to provide mission support services under the Program Analysis and Control (PAAC III) contract. The work will support NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's Flight Projects Directorate in Greenbelt.

Posted : Sat, May 17, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Test Fires Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motor

NASA Test Fires Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motor

   NASA's Space Shuttle Program on Thursday successfully conducted a test firing of a space shuttle reusable solid rocket motor in Utah.

Posted : Thu, May 01, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract to SpaceX

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract to SpaceX

   NASA has awarded Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, a NASA Launch Services contract for the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launch vehicles.

Posted : Tue, Apr 22, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA's Shuttle Crew Returns Home After Successful Mission

NASA's Shuttle Crew Returns Home After Successful Mission

   Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew landed at 8:39 p.m. EDT Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., after completing a 16-day journey of nearly 6.6 million miles in space.

Posted : Fri, Mar 28, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Airs New Spacecraft's Maneuvers and Docking to Space Station

NASA Airs New Spacecraft's Maneuvers and Docking to Space Station

   Less than three weeks after its maiden launch, the European Space Agency's Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle, or ATV, is set to begin a series of automated approaches and make an eventual docking with the International Space Station.

Posted : Wed, Mar 26, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA's Newest Concept Vehicle Takes Off-Roading Out of This World

NASA's Newest Concept Vehicle Takes Off-Roading Out of This World

   In a car commercial, it would sound odd: active suspension, six-wheel drive with independent steering for each wheel, no doors, no windows, no seats and the only color available is gold.

Posted : Sat, Mar 01, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Space Shuttle Endeavour Arrives at Launch Pad, Countdown Test Set

Space Shuttle Endeavour Arrives at Launch Pad, Countdown Test Set

   After safely reaching its launch pad Monday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the space shuttle Endeavour now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-123 mission.

Posted : Wed, Feb 20, 2008

Category : Science / Space News
 
 
 
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