Rocket Technology & Vehicles
SpaceX Falcon 1 Rocket Dress Rehearsal Is A Blast
Imagine trying to hold down the explosive forces generated by a rocket.
Read MoreA GEM Of A Project For ATK
Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) played a key role in the successful launch on June 20th of the United Launch Alliance's Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Read MoreHigh Five for SpaceX’s Five Firing of Falcon 9’s Rocket Engines
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted the first five-engine firing of its Falcon 9 medium to heavy lift rocket at its Texas test facility.
Read MoreArianespace Halts Launch
A launcher software test being conducted during the final, pre-launch checks for the upcoming Ariane 5 ECA launch was considered to be not normal with its results.
Read MoreJ-2X Core Component Tests Completed
Engineers at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center are wrapping up the first series of tests on core components for the J-2X engine that will power the upper stage of the Ares I crew launch vehicle and the Ares V cargo launch vehicle.
Read MoreSeven Year-Old Gets Fired Up By NASA
NASA's Space Shuttle Program on Thursday successfully conducted a test firing of a space shuttle reusable solid rocket motor in Utah.
Read MoreBreeze M Had Gas Duct Rupture As Cause Of AMC-14 Failure
The Russian State Commission investigating the AMC-14 failure of a Proton Breeze M launch has traced the cause to the rupture of the gas duct between the gas generator and the propellant pump turbine in the Breeze M main engine.
Read MoreMerlin Roared For SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. 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.
Read MoreProcedure Tests For Ares I Propellant Tanks
NASA and United Space Alliance engineers and technicians working at NASA's Kennedy Space Center tested procedures they will rely on to handle and load the propellant tanks that will be used on the roll control system of the Ares I.
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