items tagged with Rocket
NASA scrubs Ares 1-X due to weather problems
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-27 10:33:42
At 11:20 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, NASA gave up trying to launch its first test flight of its new Ares 1-X rocket. The entire morning was besieged with adverse weather conditions, a ship in restricted waters, and a stuck probe cover.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-27 10:33:42
At 11:20 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, NASA gave up trying to launch its first test flight of its new Ares 1-X rocket. The entire morning was besieged with adverse weather conditions, a ship in restricted waters, and a stuck probe cover.
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South Korea sends rocket into space from new launch facility
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-26 08:31:49
South Korea made history on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, when it launched its first rocket into space from a launch site within the country. However, the satellite failed to make its intended orbit.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-26 08:31:49
South Korea made history on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, when it launched its first rocket into space from a launch site within the country. However, the satellite failed to make its intended orbit.
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Long-range North Korean missile travels over Japan
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-06 08:09:10
The country of North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Sunday, April 5, 2009. Even though its second-stage failed, the launch is being condemned by countries standing firmly behind an imposed U.N. test ban.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-06 08:09:10
The country of North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Sunday, April 5, 2009. Even though its second-stage failed, the launch is being condemned by countries standing firmly behind an imposed U.N. test ban.
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Rocket study suggests more regulations to prevent ozone depletion
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2009-04-03 10:27:29
According to a study performed in part by The Aerospace Corporation, rocket launches in the future, as many more are performed each year, may need to be more strictly regulated by the global community in order to not deplete ozone in the stratosphere.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2009-04-03 10:27:29
According to a study performed in part by The Aerospace Corporation, rocket launches in the future, as many more are performed each year, may need to be more strictly regulated by the global community in order to not deplete ozone in the stratosphere.
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Reset countdown clock: Kepler Telescope to launch 1 day late
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-27 14:40:32
NASA announced on Thursday, February 26, 2009, that its Kepler Space Telescope will launch no earlier than Friday, March 6, one day later than originally scheduled, to double-check common hardware carried by Kepler’s rocket and the Taurus XL rocket that carried the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, which crashed after its launch.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-27 14:40:32
NASA announced on Thursday, February 26, 2009, that its Kepler Space Telescope will launch no earlier than Friday, March 6, one day later than originally scheduled, to double-check common hardware carried by Kepler’s rocket and the Taurus XL rocket that carried the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, which crashed after its launch.
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Long delayed classified U.S. NRO L-26 satellite launched
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-19 11:36:06
The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) L-26 satellite, also called USA 202, was launched on Sunday, January 18, 2009, aboard a Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle by the United Launch Alliance. The classified mission was delayed a number of times due to technical problems.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-19 11:36:06
The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) L-26 satellite, also called USA 202, was launched on Sunday, January 18, 2009, aboard a Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle by the United Launch Alliance. The classified mission was delayed a number of times due to technical problems.
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Bigger is better in rocketry and astronomy
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-14 12:26:04
NASA is bringing together the next generation of rockets and space telescopes with its new heavy-lift Ares V rocket. U.S. astronomer Harley Thronson exclaims, “The bigger the better…. NASA's new Ares V rocket is going to completely change the rules of the game."
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-14 12:26:04
NASA is bringing together the next generation of rockets and space telescopes with its new heavy-lift Ares V rocket. U.S. astronomer Harley Thronson exclaims, “The bigger the better…. NASA's new Ares V rocket is going to completely change the rules of the game."
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Pentagon blasts mock missile with Ground-Based Interceptor
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-06 10:07:00
On December 5, 2008, the Missile Defense Agency, within the U.S. Pentagon, announced that its interceptor missile destroyed a target missile meant to simulate a North Korean attack, calling it “the largest, most complex test … ever done.”
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-06 10:07:00
On December 5, 2008, the Missile Defense Agency, within the U.S. Pentagon, announced that its interceptor missile destroyed a target missile meant to simulate a North Korean attack, calling it “the largest, most complex test … ever done.”
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U.S. student rocket engineers head to NASA's Marshall
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-02 15:55:57
NASA has invited fourteen groups of young engineers from eleven middle and high schools around the United States to participate in the 2008-2009 Student Launch Initiative at the Marshall Space Flight Center. It's a GO for Launch!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-02 15:55:57
NASA has invited fourteen groups of young engineers from eleven middle and high schools around the United States to participate in the 2008-2009 Student Launch Initiative at the Marshall Space Flight Center. It's a GO for Launch!
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NASA developing Ares rocket with iTunes
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-28 09:41:41
NASA is using iTunes to post video updates on the progress being made on its new manned space project, specifically the crew’s Ares I launch vehicle and the Ares V heavy launch vehicle for cargo transport to space.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-28 09:41:41
NASA is using iTunes to post video updates on the progress being made on its new manned space project, specifically the crew’s Ares I launch vehicle and the Ares V heavy launch vehicle for cargo transport to space.
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Russians launch five German RapidEye satellites
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-29 12:12:43
A Dnepr LV rocket launched successfully five RapidEye satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Friday, August 29, 2008. Russian officials confirm that the German satellites have been positioned at equal intervals within the system's intended Sun-synchronous orbit.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-29 12:12:43
A Dnepr LV rocket launched successfully five RapidEye satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Friday, August 29, 2008. Russian officials confirm that the German satellites have been positioned at equal intervals within the system's intended Sun-synchronous orbit.
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NASA reports rocket explosion on Wallops Island
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-22 08:48:19
A 53-foot rocket carrying two NASA experiments exploded 27 seconds after lift off on Friday morning, August 22, 2008, at its rocket launch site located on its Wallops Island Facility at the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-22 08:48:19
A 53-foot rocket carrying two NASA experiments exploded 27 seconds after lift off on Friday morning, August 22, 2008, at its rocket launch site located on its Wallops Island Facility at the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
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Iran announces manned space program within ten years
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-21 11:01:23
The Iranian National Space Agency (ISA) intends to send Iranian astronauts into space within ten years. The announcement was made only days after Iran blasted a rocket into space as a test for its first domestically made satellite it hopes to launch sometime in the “near future.”
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-21 11:01:23
The Iranian National Space Agency (ISA) intends to send Iranian astronauts into space within ten years. The announcement was made only days after Iran blasted a rocket into space as a test for its first domestically made satellite it hopes to launch sometime in the “near future.”
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Iran launches second satellite-carrier Safir rocket into space
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-18 11:14:21
On Sunday, August 17, 2008, the Iranian government announced that it "successfully" launched, for the second time, its Safir two-stage “satellite-carrier” rocket into space. It supposedly lifted a “dummy” satellite into orbit.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-18 11:14:21
On Sunday, August 17, 2008, the Iranian government announced that it "successfully" launched, for the second time, its Safir two-stage “satellite-carrier” rocket into space. It supposedly lifted a “dummy” satellite into orbit.
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Musk's SpaceX Falcon rocket fails again
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-04 16:57:01
The third launch of the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Falcon 1 rocket failed to reach orbit after the first stage failed to separate. "It was obviously a big disappointment not to reach orbit," said company founder Elon Musk.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-04 16:57:01
The third launch of the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Falcon 1 rocket failed to reach orbit after the first stage failed to separate. "It was obviously a big disappointment not to reach orbit," said company founder Elon Musk.
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India launches 10 satellites at once
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-28 01:13:48
The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully put ten satellites into orbit with a single rocket.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-28 01:13:48
The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully put ten satellites into orbit with a single rocket.
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Space Junk: Maybe we need Andy Griffith’s Salvage 1?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-17 15:06:43
On late-1970s U.S. television, Harry Broderick (Andy Griffith) ran a space salvage operation (Salvage-1), in which he and partners used a spaceship made from junk to reclaim NASA Apollo debris left on the Moon and junk satellites in orbit about the Earth. Maybe we need an Andy Griffith-type Salvage-1 operation to clean up space around the Earth?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-17 15:06:43
On late-1970s U.S. television, Harry Broderick (Andy Griffith) ran a space salvage operation (Salvage-1), in which he and partners used a spaceship made from junk to reclaim NASA Apollo debris left on the Moon and junk satellites in orbit about the Earth. Maybe we need an Andy Griffith-type Salvage-1 operation to clean up space around the Earth?
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NASCAR In the Air: the Rocket Racing League
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-14 10:25:12
The Rocket Racing League, a sort of NASCAR in the Sky, has announced its first exhibition rocket-powered aircraft races on August 1-2, 2008, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at the annual Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture air show.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-14 10:25:12
The Rocket Racing League, a sort of NASCAR in the Sky, has announced its first exhibition rocket-powered aircraft races on August 1-2, 2008, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at the annual Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture air show.
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Iran successfully launches Kavoshgar-1 rocket
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-04 08:14:45
On February 4, 2008, Iran launched a sub-orbital rocket called Kavoshgar-1 (Explorer-1, in English) from its new secret space launch complex.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-04 08:14:45
On February 4, 2008, Iran launched a sub-orbital rocket called Kavoshgar-1 (Explorer-1, in English) from its new secret space launch complex.
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India launches Israeli spy satellite: With Iran in its sights
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-21 11:21:49
An advanced spy satellite built by Israel called TecSAR was launched by India on January 21, 2008. One of its purposes is to track Iran’s supposed nuclear weapons program.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-21 11:21:49
An advanced spy satellite built by Israel called TecSAR was launched by India on January 21, 2008. One of its purposes is to track Iran’s supposed nuclear weapons program.
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