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NASA tests lunar breathing system

Jimmy — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:27:44 +0000

The U.S. space agency says one of the first tests involving human subjects in support of its return-to-the-moon Orion Project has been completed.For three weeks, 23 volunteers were subjected to tests lasting from a few hours to overnight in a small test chamber at the Johnson Space Center in Houston while scientists measured the amount of carbon dioxide and moisture absorbed by a new system — …

Hensel Phelps awarded $263.7 million NASA contract

Jimmy — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:18:45 +0000

Hensel Phelps Construction Co. was awarded a NASA contract worth up to $263.7 million to build the mobile launcher for the Constellation program’s Ares I rocket, NASA said Thursday.

NASA Successfully Completes First Series of Ares Engine Tests

Jordan — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:09:46 +0000

NASA engineers Thursday successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets, key components of NASA’s Constellation Program. Ares I will launch the Orion spacecraft that will take astronauts to the International Space Station and then to the moon by 2020. The Ares V will carry cargo and …

NASA Successfully Complete First Series of Ares Engine Tests

Jimmy — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:06:51 +0000

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DMarie — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:03:07 +0000

Under a 2006 contract, Bethesda aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin Corp. is working on the Orion spacecraft, part of NASA’s Constellation Program, whose goal is to land astronauts back on the moon by 2020. NASA’s Apollo 17 project in 1972 was the last involving humans on the moon.

NASA to Update Media About Constellation Program Progress

Jimmy — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:54:51 +0000

NASA will host a media teleconference on Thursday, May 15, at 2 p.m. EDT, to provide an overview of progress made in the last few months and work ahead for NASA’s Constellation Program.

NASA Awards Contract for Ares I Mobile Launcher

Jordan — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:51:53 +0000

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center has awarded a contract to Hensel Phelps of Orlando, Fla., for the construction of the Ares I mobile launcher for the Constellation Program.

NASA plans to land on asteroid

Jordan — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:46:42 +0000

Nasa scientists are planning one of the space agency’s most daring missions yet: to land on a 40 metre-wide asteroid travelling at 28,000 mph.

Intel, SGI To Work On NASA Supercomputer

Jordan — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:38:47 +0000

The plan is to build a 1-petaflop system by 2009 and a 10-petaflop supercomputer by 2010.

Exhaling For Exploration: Scientists Test Lunar Breathing System

Jimmy — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:36:27 +0000

Imagine yourself hip-to-hip, shoulder-to-shoulder, inside a room the size of a walk-in closet for eight hours with five people you just met. Does that make you sweat? Or maybe make your breathing a little more animated? For three weeks, 23 volunteers dedicated time to do just that — sweat and breathe — inside a test chamber so NASA scientists at Johnson Space Center in Houston could measure …