The U.S. space agency and Alliant Techsystems Inc. say they are planning the first full-scale test of the Orion crew capsule launch abort system.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Alliant say the first full-scale test firing of the motor for the new launch abort system will be conducted Nov. 20 at the company’s launch systems facility in Promontory, Utah.The launch abort …
WASHINGTON – As U.S. President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take office in January, he does so having offered more specifics about his plans for NASA than any U.S. presidential candidate in history.
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NASA and ATK will conduct the first full-scale test fire of the motor for a new launch abort system.
NB#1: Russia’s use of SS-21 ballistic missiles in the recent conflict with Georgia and Iran’s series of missile tests earlier this summer created two very big misconceptions among missile defense supporters.
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Change was a major theme of the 2008 presidential campaign, and President-Elect Barack Obama will presumably be bringing some change to space policy as his administration takes office. Jeff Foust examines some elements of the Obama campaign’s space policy that themselves could use a bit of change as they’re implemented.
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Absolute. Spacenerdgasm. 23 Omega Speedmaster Watches. In a cool space suitcase. The first is a replica of the original 1957 Speedmaster Broad Arrow, while the next 22 of them are the NASA missions…
Cutting NASA’s apron strings? PayPal multihecamillionaire Elon Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, has announced that it will fly a genuinely private-sector space mission – including return to Earth – as soon as 2010.…
The U.S. space agency says it plans to highlight some of its most inspiring science and engineering achievements during an upcoming supercomputing exhibit.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said its research exhibit in Austin, Texas, Nov. 15-21 during the International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis will feature presentations about how …
