Ares 1 First Stage Undergoes Successful Ground Test at ATK in Utah
With a thunderous roar, the world’s most powerful solid rocket motor, developed by Alliant Techsystems Inc., as the first stage for NASA’s Ares 1 crew exploration vehicle, fired for two minutes Tuesday at a desert test facility in Promontory, Utah. DM-2...Plans Advanced for Human Trek to an Asteroid
ANAHEIM, California – Sending humans into deep space to make an up-close-and-personal survey of an asteroid is getting increased attention. Speaking last April at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida on space exploration in the 21st century, President...NASA’s 2010 Desert Rats, an annual Field Test of Rovers, Habitats and Space Suits Opens Tuesday. Follow Along. Ask Questions. Special Webcast on Wednesday
. While the White House and Congress debate the nation’s future course in the exploration of space, NASA is preparing its engineers and scientists to carry out their decision, whether it be ambitious missions to the moon, the asteroids, or Mars. And this year,...Orbiter Tribute Posters–Download yours now!
Atlantis: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images/large/2010-4450.jpg Endeavour: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images/large/2010-4454.jpg Columbia: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images/large/2010-4452.jpg Challenger:...Denmark: Private Rocket Readied for Suborbital Test Shot
Stand by for acceleration! The Danish non-profit Copenhagen Suborbitals is readying its HEAT-1X-Tycho Brahe – an unpiloted sounding rocket, but a precursor to a larger rocket designed to carry a human passenger on a suborbital voyage. The effort is based entirely on...Finding ET – An Odds on Favorite
BOULDER, Colorado — Finding ET out there sooner rather than later – what are the odds? Turns out that Paddy Power — Ireland’s largest bookmaker and a leading provider of gaming services in the UK, Australia and Ireland – have slashed their odds on...Arizona’s Black Point Lava Flow Beckons NASA’s Desert Rats
Stretched across much of northern Arizona, the Black Point Lava Flow resembles an alien landscape on Earth, the perfect place for NASA to test rovers, habitats, space suits and the other equipment that future astronauts will need when they explore the moon, the...Physical Fitness Test Studied for Space Travelers
Space travel…can you pass a test? Yes, even in outer space you have to make the grade. That’s the news from a team of Kansas State University researchers, funded by NASA to research what physical characteristics are necessary for an astronaut to perform tasks on the...Cool Time-lapse Video: Shuttle Mission STS-131
Credit: NASA Go For Launch! Is a stunning, one-of-a-kind, four-minute chronicle of Discovery’s trip from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the pad, beginning with the “rollover” to the Vehicle Assembly Building on February 22 and ending with the STS-131 launch on...Space Talk
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