Rocket Science News and Technology Rocket Science News and Technology 16-MAY-08 en-us <![CDATA[NASA Awards Contract For Ares I Mobile Launcher]]> Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 09, 2008 - NASA's Kennedy Space Center has awarded a contract to Hensel Phelps of Orlando, Fla., for the construction of the Ares I mobile launcher for the Constellation Program. Ares I is the rocket that will transport the Orion crew exploration vehicle, its crew and cargo to low Earth orbit. The contract includes an option for an additional Ares I mobile launcher.]]> ]]> <![CDATA[NASA Successfully Completes First Series Of Ares Engine Tests]]> Stennis MS (SPX) May 09, 2008 - NASA engineers Thursday successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets, key components of NASA's Constellation Program. Ares I will launch the Orion spacecraft that will take astronauts to the International Space Station and then to the moon by 2020.]]> <![CDATA[Russia's Energomash To Double Production Of Rocket Engines]]> Khimki, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 07, 2008 - Russia's Energomash is planning to double the number of engines produced for Atlas and Zenit launch vehicles in the future, the head of the company said on Tuesday. Energomash won tenders on the design and production of 101 RD-180 engines for U.S. Atlas carrier rockets and RD-171 engines for Russian-Ukrainian Zenit rockets in the 1990s. The company has built and delivered 41 RD-180 and 20 RD-171 engines so far.]]> <![CDATA[Queensland Uni And NASA Sign Hypersonic Propulsion Deal]]> Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Apr 28, 2008 - The University of Queensland has signed a memorandum of understanding with NASA to continue close collaboration on hypersonic propulsion projects. Hypersonics is the study of velocities of Mach 5 (five times the speed of sound) or more. The University of Queensland's Centre for Hypersonics, one of the largest space engineering University groups in the world, conducts research into all aspects of hypersonic flight.]]> ]]> <![CDATA[NASA Awards Contract For Engine Technology Development]]> Cleveland OH (SPX) Apr 10, 2008 - NASA has awarded a contract to Aerojet-General of Sacramento, Calif., to design, develop, fabricate, test and evaluate a workhorse rocket engine using liquid oxygen and liquid methane as propellants. Aerojet will work for 21 months from the effective date of the contract to complete an evaluation of the rocket engine assembly, a 5,500 pound constant-thrust, pressure-fed rocket engine.]]> <![CDATA[Rocket Mystery Explained With New Imaging Technique]]> Atlanta GA (SPX) Apr 10, 2008 - There's a strange wave phenomenon that's plagued rocket scientists for years, a lurking threat with the power to destroy an engine at almost any time. For decades, scientists have had a limited understanding of how or why it happens because they could not replicate or investigate the problem under controlled laboratory conditions.]]> <![CDATA[SpaceX Conducts First Three-Engine Firing Of Falcon 9 Rocket]]> McGregor TX (SPX) Mar 31, 2008 - Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted the first three-engine firing of its Falcon 9 medium to heavy lift rocket at its Texas Test Facility outside McGregor, on March 8, 2008. At full power the engines generated over 270,000 pounds of force, and consumed 1,050 lbs of fuel and liquid oxygen per second.]]> GMV, at the heart of Navigation]]> <![CDATA[European Space Truck Jules Verne In Parking Orbit]]> Paris (UPI) Mar 19, 2008 - The European Space Agency said the Jules Verne spacecraft reached its parking orbit Wednesday, about 1,200 miles ahead of the International Space Station.]]> <![CDATA[New Purdue Facility Aims To Improve NASA Moon Rocket Engine]]> West Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 13, 2008 - Purdue University engineers are conducting experiments using a new hydrogen facility to help NASA create designs to improve the cooling efficiency and performance of the J-2X rocket engine, critical for future missions to Mars and the moon. More efficient cooling improves performance and reduces the need for costly overhauls, said William Anderson, an associate professor in Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.]]> <![CDATA[Space X Falcon 9 Facing More Delays As Shuttle Replacement Looms]]> Cape Canaveral, FL (UPI) Mar 04, 2008 - The first launch in the NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Service has been postponed until June 2009.]]> ADVERTISEMENT

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]]> ]]> <![CDATA[SpaceX Completes Qualification Testing Of Falcon 1 Merlin Regeneratively Cooled Engine]]> Hawthorne CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2008 - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) says it has completed the qualification testing program of its Merlin 1C next generation liquid fueled rocket booster engine for use in the Falcon 1 rocket.]]> <![CDATA[First Firing Of European Staged-Combustion Demonstration Engine]]> Lampoldshausen, Germany (ESA) Feb 28, 2008 - The first hot firing test of a reduced-scale demonstration version of a staged-combustion rocket engine has recently been achieved at the Lampoldshausen (Germany) test facility of DLR. This development work is part of ESA's Future Launchers Preparatory Programme.]]> <![CDATA[Iran gives details on controversial space launch]]> Tehran (AFP) Feb 19, 2008 - Iran said on Tuesday a probe it sent into space on the back of rocket had reached an altitude of 200 kilometres (125 miles) and returned to earth after minutes, the student news agency ISNA reported.]]> To advertise in this newsletter or website please view our advertising kit - PDF file]]> Our Next XML Newspaper ]]>