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NASA Successfully Tests Orion Crew Vehicle Launch Abort System
NASA’s Pad Abort 1 flight test, a launch of the abort system designed for the Orion crew vehicle, lifted off at 7 a.m. MDT Thursday at the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) near Las Cruces, N.M. The flight lasted about 135 seconds...
NASA’s Space Shuttle Program Conducts Final Test Firing of a Reusable Solid Rocket Motor
NASA’s Space Shuttle Program has conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor. The flight support motor, or FSM-17, burned for approximately 123 seconds — the same time each reusable solid rocket motor burns during an actual...
NASA’s Ares I-X Rocket Completes Successful Flight Test
NASA’s Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. How People Arrived Here: nasa ares rocket Separation
Ares 1 Rocket Passes Initial Full-scale, Full-duration Test Firing of the First Stage Motor
NASA and industry engineers lit up the Utah sky Thursday with the initial full-scale, full-duration test firing of the first stage motor for the Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a crew launch vehicle in development for NASA’s Constellation Program.
Motor Segments for Ares I-X Rocket Arrive At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
After a seven-day, 2,917-mile journey, a train carrying the four motor segments for the Ares I-X rocket arrived Thursday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The motor is the final hardware needed for the rocket’s upcoming test flight...
United Launch Alliance has Successfully Launched 3rd Italian COSMO Satellite
A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, on behalf of Boeing Launch Services, has launched the third Italian-built Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean Basin Observation or COSMO-SkyMed 3 satellite at 7:28 p.m., October 24.
GeoEye-1 Commercial Satellite Launched Successfully By United Launch Alliance
An United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, on behalf of Boeing Launch Systems, successfully launched the GeoEye-1 satellite at 11:51 a.m. PDT, today. Blasting off from Space Launch Complex 2 here, it marked the second ULA Delta II mission from Vandenberg...
NASA And ATK to Investigate Failed Launch Of Hypersonic Experiments
An Alliant Techsystems suborbital rocket carrying two NASA hypersonic experiments was destroyed by range safety officials shortly after liftoff from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Friday. No injuries or property damage were reported.
