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August 28, 2013

NASA Continues Preparation for SLS Engine Testing at Stennis
Bay St. Louis MS (SPX) Aug 28, 2013
Think about negotiating an intricate maze, and you begin to appreciate the challenge of designing and fabricating test stand piping for NASA's RS-25 rocket engine. NASA is meeting that challenge at its Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., where liquid oxygen (LOX), liquid hydrogen and related piping is being produced for RS-25 engine testing on the A-1 test stand. Testing of the core-stage engine for NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) is scheduled to begin next spring. The SLS is bein ... read more

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Russian rocket engine export ban could halt US space program Russia's Security Council is reportedly considering a ban on supplying the US with powerful RD-180 rocket engines for military communications satellites as Russia focuses on building its own new spa ... more		NASA Releases New Imagery of Asteroid Mission NASA released Thursday new photos and video animations depicting the agency's planned mission to find, capture, redirect, and study a near-Earth asteroid. The images depict crew operations including ... more		Scouting a Boulder Field Opportunity is at the base of 'Solander Point' on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is scouting a large boulder field. On Sol 3398 (Aug. 15, 2013), Opportunity drove 75 feet (22.8 meters) ... more		Ariane 5 build-up is completed for Arianespace upcoming flight with EUTELSAT The heavy-lift Ariane 5 for Arianespace's August 29 mission is now complete at the Spaceport in French Guiana following integration of its second passenger - the EUTELSAT 25B/Es'hail 1 satellite. ... more
				The go-ahead is given for Ariane 5 mission to orbit EUTELSAT 25B/Es'hail 1 and GSAT-7 Arianespace's fourth Ariane 5 mission of 2013 has been approved for liftoff on Thursday with two communications satellites to provide relay coverage over the Middle East, North Africa and Central As ... more		NASA Tests Limits of 3-D Printing with Powerful Rocket Engine Check The largest 3-D printed rocket engine component NASA ever has tested blazed to life Thursday, Aug. 22 during an engine firing that generated a record 20,000 pounds of thrust. This test is a mi ... more

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Telemetry data confirms launch of South Korean satellite

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Snapping Pictures of the Martian Moons

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Voyager 1 Has Left the Solar System

NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Completes Orbit and Entry Review

NASA Voyager Statement about Competing Models to Explain Recent Spacecraft Data

MRO Swapping Motion-Sensing Units

SpaceX rocket launches, steers and lands in test

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Private space shuttle in taxi testing in California

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