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A-1 Test Stand Houses First Full Engine in Nearly a DecadeStennis Space Center MS (SPX) May 17, 2013 Engineers install J-2X engine E10002 in the A-1 test stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center. The installation is in preparation for a new series of tests, where the engine will be gimbaled, or pivoted, during test firings. Gimbal tests are an important part of the design process. When this upper stage engine is used in space, it will need to be able to move freely to steer NASA's Space Launch System, or SLS - an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new national capability ... read more |
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 Opportunity Rides Into History For Offworld Drive Cosmic Impact Sparked Devastating Climate Change NASA Launching Experiment to Examine the Beginnings of the Universe NASA Builds Unusual Testbed for Analyzing X-ray Navigation Technologies Next destination: space ORBCOMM Launches Its First Self-Powered M2M Tracking And Monitoring Device | .. |
 AFOSR-funded research key to revolutionary 'green' spacecraft propellant In 2015, NASA, for the first time, will fly a space mission utilizing a radically different propellant-one which has reduced toxicity and is environmentally benign. This energetic ionic liquid, or E ... more | .. |
 Air Force's experimental scramjet aircraft hits Mach 5.1 -- 3,880 mph The final flight of the X-51A Waverider test program saw the scramjet aircraft reach Mach 5.1 over the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Air Force said Friday. ... more | .. |
 SNC's Hybrid Rocket Engines Power SpaceShipTwo on its First Powered Flight Test Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems is proud to announce that its Hybrid Rocket Motor propelled Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (SS2) sub-orbital vehicle on its first ever powered flight. ... more | .. |
 Hot-fire Tests Steering the Future of NASA's Space Launch System Engines Engineers developing NASA's next-generation rocket closed one chapter of testing with the completion of a J-2X engine test series on the A-2 test stand at the agency's Stennis Space Center in Missis ... more |
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 Apollo-Era Test Stand Being Prepared for SLS Core Stage Testing Before NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) flies to space on its inaugural mission in 2017, it will fly in place at the agency's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The B-2 Test Stand at Ste ... more | .. |
 SpaceShipTwo Breaks Sound Barrier In First Rocket-Powered Flight Virgin Galactic has completed the first rocket-powered flight of its space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo (SS2). The test, conducted by teams from Scaled Composites (Scaled) and Virgin Galactic, officially m ... more | .. |
 Virgin Galactic tourist spaceship breaks sound barrier Virgin Galactic's passenger spaceplane, which is designed to take tourists to the edge of space, flew its first rocket-powered test flight Monday, breaking the sound barrier at high altitude. ... more | .. |
 Russia Plans to Launch First Angara Rocket in 2014 The Russian military expects the first launch of a new Angara carrier rocket to take place in 2014 after the construction of a new launch complex at the Plesetsk space center is completed, Deputy De ... more |
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 Orbital Sciences launches Antares rocket US manufacturer Orbital Sciences launched its first Antares rocket Sunday, paving the way for a demonstration flight to the International Space Station within months. ... more | .. |
 The Sounds of Progress: NASA's Space Launch System Engineers Begin Acoustic Testing Test conductors at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., are making progress on the agency's new rocket by listening closely to the roar of four thrusters. The agency is dev ... more | .. |
 Space Shuttle substitute makes headway Former NASA astronaut Lee Archambault will work with aviation and aerospace manufacturer Sierra Nevada Corp. to pursue the company's goal of producing a feasible replacement for the Space Shuttle. ... more | .. |
 NASA Commercial Crew Partner Boeing Completes Launch Vehicle Adapter Review The Boeing Company of Houston, a NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner, has successfully completed a preliminary design review (PDR) of the component that would connect the company's new crew c ... more |
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Swiss firm plans robotic mini-shuttle A Swiss firm says it intends to construct a robotic rocket plane that will launch satellites into orbit off the back of a modified jetliner. ... more | .. |
 XCOR Driving Rocket Science Forward With Lynx Suborbital Vehicle XCOR Aerospace has announced a first in aviation and space history, the firing of a full piston pump-powered rocket engine. This breakthrough is the foundation for fully reusable spacecraft that can ... more | .. |
 ATK Successfully Ground Tests New CASTOR 30XL Upper Stage Solid Rocket Motor ATK has tested its newly developed CASTOR 30XL upper stage solid rocket motor at the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) in Tennessee. The test was the final qualifi ... more | .. |
 NASA Turns Up the Heat on Construction of the Space Launch System Welding engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have had an extremely busy winter assembling adapters that will connect the Orion spacecraft to a Delta IV rocket for th ... more |
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 RUB physicists let magnetic dipoles interact on the nanoscale for the first time Friction in the nano-world New report identifies strategies to achieve net-zero energy homes Reading the Unreadable India awaits LNG exports from Freeport facility Alaskan village loses court fight against big oil | .. |
 Moog Conducts More Than 7,900 Hot Fire Tests on 400 Engines in 2012 In the past year, Moog ISP, part of Moog Inc.'s Space and Defense Group, successfully conducted more than 7,900 hot fire tests on 400 engines for at least 14 different customers. Along with testing ... more | .. |
 SpaceX's Merlin 1D Engine Achieves Flight Qualification Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) Merlin 1D engine has achieved flight qualification, a major milestone for the next generation Merlin engine. Through a 28 test qualification program, the Mer ... more | .. |
 Here We Go Again, Another Air-Launch Idea Over the past two decades there have been a number of proposals suggesting that air launching a satellite is an effective and low-cost approach to space operations. Launchspace has followed each of ... more | .. |
 Russia Delays New Soyuz Launch The first launch of Russia's new Soyuz-2.1V lightweight carrier rocket, scheduled for early 2013, is now likely to be delayed until the second half of 2013, its maker Progress said on Thursday. ... more |
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 Swiss firm aims for low-cost satellite service A new Swiss-based company said Thursday it would offer low-cost satellite launches which it claims could be a quarter of current market rates. ... more | .. |
 J-2X Engine 'Goes the Distance' at Stennis J-2X rocket engine testing continues at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi with the second in a series of tests conducted on Feb. 27. The 550-second, full-duration test provided critic ... more | .. |
 Breakthrough Propulsion Physics It is commonly known that the lack of new propulsion technologies has held space exploration opportunities to a minimum. A particular frustration is the lack of very-high specific impulse, high thru ... more | .. |
 2014 maiden launch for Long March-7 rocket China's indigenous carrier rocket Long March-7 will hopefully make its first launch in 2014, a senior official of the rocket's designing institute said on Friday. Liang Xiaohong, Party chief o ... more |
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