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The Newest RS-25 Joins the Space Launch System Family
May 31, 2015 (SPX)
NASA's Space Launch System, America's new deep space exploration rocket, has a new addition to the family with the completed assembly of RS-25 Engine 2063. The ...
SLS booster work continues well after smoke clears from major test
May 28, 2015 (SPX)
Orbital ATK technicians detach the center forward segment from the forward segment of NASA's five-segment booster that fired up for testing March 11 at Orbital ...
ISRO to Test Plane-Shaped Reusable Launch Vehicle in July
May 27, 2015 (IANS)
Come second half of July, India's space agency is likely to test a small model of reusable launch vehicle shaped like an aeroplane, said a senior official. "It ...
Journey to Space in a Vacuum Chamber
May 22, 2015 (SPX)
When you need to test hardware designed to operate in the vast reaches of space, you start in a vacuum chamber. NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has ma...
Milestone Work Under Way on B-2 Test Stand
May 20, 2015 (SPX)
NASA began work May 13 on a major milestone in its preparation for testing the core stage of its new Space Launch System (SLS), beginning lifts of large structu...
Performance degradation mechanism of a helicon plasma thruster
May 17, 2015 (SPX)
A part of the performance degradation mechanism of the advanced, electrodeless, helicon plasma thruster with a magnetic nozzle, has been revealed by the researc...
QM-1 Static Test - One Step Closer to Flight
May 17, 2015 (SPX)
NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) is one step closer to flight following Orbital ATK's March 11 successful five-segment rocket motor qualification ground test. I...
Engineers Test Hydrogen Burn-off Igniters for Space Launch System
May 15, 2015 (SPX)
NASA has a certain "flare" when it comes to safety on the launch pad. Those flares are called hydrogen burn-off igniters - which resemble celebratory sparklers ...
SMC awards 7.8 million dollar contract to Georgia Tech Research Institute
May 13, 2015 (SPX)
Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, has been awarded a $7,857,568.00 contract, for combustion stability modeling and design tool development. Thi...
Space Launch System Program Moving Forward with Critical Design Review
May 13, 2015 (SPX)
NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) Program is kicking off its critical design review May 11 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. This ne...
NASA: Hang on a Minute, We're NOT Working on Warp-Drive Technology
May 13, 2015 (Sputnik)
After overly excitable media outlets reported the creation of "warp-drive" technology, NASA has had to come out and set the record straight about what recent re...
Israel announces rocket propulsion system test
May 08, 2015 (XNA)
Israel conducted an experiment with rocket propulsion systems for ballistic missiles, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The pre-planned test took place on Tues...
German-born engineer from US space team dies
May 07, 2015 (AFP)
Oscar Holderer, the last known engineer who left Germany after World War II to work on the US space program, died at the age of 95. Holderer, who worked alongsi...
Pad Abort Test a Unique Evaluation Opportunity
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
SpaceX and NASA teams will gain important insight into how the Crew Dragon spacecraft and its abort system perform during a test slated for May 6, engineers sai...
Successful testing of High Thrust Cryogenic Engine
May 05, 2015 (SPC)
A major milestone in the development of ISRO's next generation launch vehicle, GSLV MkIII, was achieved on successful long duration hot test (635 seconds) of hi...
Russia to Create World's First Rocket Engine Manufacturing Holding
May 01, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia's United Rocket and Space Corporation (URSC) is drafting a proposal on creation a unique holding, which is set to unite several manufacturers of engines ...
Russia to Continue Development of Nuclear Engine for Deep Space Flights
Apr 29, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia will continue its plans to create a nuclear engine for deep space flights, according to the country's 2016-2025 Federal Space Program. A number of news a...
NASA brings in small business to develop hypervelocity vehicles
Apr 28, 2015 (SPX)
NASA has awarded the Entry Systems Technology Research and Development (ESTRAD) contract to Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., a small business in Hampton, ...
NASA 3-D Prints First Full-Scale Copper Rocket Engine Part
Apr 24, 2015 (SPX)
When you think of copper, the penny in your pocket may come to mind; but NASA engineers are trying to save taxpayers millions of pennies by 3-D printing the fir...
Cameras at SLS Booster Test to provide critical data for first flight
Apr 24, 2015 (SPX)
Dozens of cameras were rolling when the powerful, five-segment booster for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, fired up March 11 for a major ground test...
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