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Russian Rocket Engine Replacement to Cost US $1.5Bln, Take 6 Years
May 26, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
The development of a rocket engine to replace the Russian-made RD-180 used to launch the American Atlas V rocket, would cost $1.5 billion and take up to six yea...
Virgin Galactic Rocket Motor Milestone
May 26, 2014 (SPX)
Virgin Galactic has selected a polyamide-based fuel grain to power its hybrid rocket motor for the remainder of the test flight program and start of commercial ...
US allocates $100 million for Russian rocket engine replacement
May 26, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
The US Senate Committee on Armed Services has approved a plan to allocate $100 million from the military budget for development of a rocket engine. According to...
Engineers Test NASA's SLS Booster Forward Skirt to the Limits
May 23, 2014 (SPX)
A critical connection between NASA's new rocket and its twin solid rocket boosters that will help it get to space proved it could withstand millions of pounds o...
From Wind Tunnel Tests to Software Reviews, Commercial Crew Advances
May 22, 2014 (SPX)
Working in wind tunnels, software laboratories and work stations across America, NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partners continue to make strides in advan...
Langley Lends Dream Chaser Team Expertise
May 21, 2014 (SPX)
With meticulous effort and attention to detail, NASA technician Ricky Hall hand-glued 250 grains of sand across a 22-inch long model of Sierra Nevada Corporatio...
Debris falling on Heilongjiang was rocket parts
May 21, 2014 (XNA)
Authorities have identified objects that fell into northeast China's Heilongjiang Province as parts from a carrier rocket or a satellite. Experts in the provinc...
Space Launch System Structural Test Stands to be Built at Marshall Space Flight Center
May 08, 2014 (SPX)
NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) will have the largest cryogenic fuel tanks ever used on a rocket. Stands to test the tanks and other hardware to ensure that th...
NASA Achieves Key Milestone Leading to RS-25 Engine Testing
May 08, 2014 (SPX)
NASA engineers at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., achieved a major milestone May 1 as they prepare to test RS-25 rocket engines that will help p...
Competition of the multiple Gortler modes in hypersonic boundary layer flows
May 05, 2014 (SPX)
The present study illustrates, for the hypersonic flows, through the local and marching analysis, the crossover of the mode W and the mode T at O(1) wavenumber ...
ATK Validates MegaFlex Solar Array For NextGen Solar Electric Propulsion Missions
May 05, 2014 (SPX)
ATK has completed testing of its MegaFlex solar array wing under a contract with NASA Glenn Research Center (Glenn) to ready high-power solar arrays for powerin...
Peacekeeper Safing - The Ultimate Re-Use Project
May 02, 2014 (SPX)
NASA Johnson Space Center's White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) contracted with the United States Air Force (USAF) to safe Peacekeeper Post Boost Propulsion System...
New Craft Will Be America's First Space Lifeboat in 40 Years
May 02, 2014 (SPX)
The next generation of American spacecraft designed to carry people into low-Earth orbit will be required to function as a lifeboat for the International Space ...
NASA Selects Partners for US Commercial Lander Capabilities
May 02, 2014 (SPX)
NASA announced Wednesday the selection of three U.S. companies to negotiate no-funds exchanged partnership agreements with the agency to advance lander capabili...
Russia Gives Green Light to Super-Heavy Rocket Project
Apr 29, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
A project to build a new super-heavy carrier rocket was included into the draft new Federal Space Program (FSP) Roscosmos chief Oleg Ostapenko said on Thursday....
No Plans to Produce Zenit Rocket in Russia
Apr 29, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian space agency believes it would be illogical to start the production of Ukrainian-made Zenit space launch rockets in Russia, the agency's head said T...
Equipped with New Sensors, Morpheus Preps to Tackle Landing on its Own
Apr 29, 2014 (SPX)
A test flight later this week will challenge a set of sensors to map out a 65-yard square of boulder-sized hazards and pick out a safe place to land. Mounted to...
ATK Announces Contract Award from ULA to Build Composite Launch Vehicle Structures
Apr 23, 2014 (SPX)
ATK has reached agreement on a $178 million contract award as part of the Air Force's Phase 1 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) buy from United Launch Al...
Russia to Test Launch New Angara Rocket June 25
Apr 23, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
The date of the maiden launch of Russia's new Angara rocket has been set for June 25, an official with the Russian Space Agency told RIA Novosti Friday. "The la...
NASA Gears Up for Next Set of Engine Tests for Space Launch System
Apr 16, 2014 (SPX)
The RS-25 engine that will power NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), off the launch pad and on journeys to an asteroid and Mars is getting ready f...
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