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PORT - Orion Mock-up and Collaboration Between NASA and Department of Defense
Orion is making a big splash. A mock-up of the spacecraft that will carry the next generation of astronauts to the moon and beyond is traveling down the East Coast and undergoing tests to help NASA understand its performance in water.
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Ares I-X Segments Moved to Kennedy
The NASA Railroad hauled the last pieces of the agency's spacecraft to Kennedy.
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Ares I First Stage Igniter Tested
NASA has completed a successful test firing of the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor.
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Launch Complex Ready For Orion’s First Abort Flight Test
NASA has completed work on a 92-acre launch complex that will serve as the test site for abort flight tests of its newest spacecraft, the Orion crew exploration vehicle, which is intended to take astronauts back to the moon.
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NASA's Launch Abort System Hardware Drives Cross Country
If you're heading through America's Sunbelt this week, you might look out your car window to see driving alongside you a nearly 45-foot-long rocket assembly.
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NASA Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket
NASA and industry engineers complete the second drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket.
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World's Largest Vacuum Chamber Gets Extreme Makeover
A hundred trucks carried in 1,600 tons of concrete. And that was just enough for the foundation of one of the new facilities NASA is building to test Orion.
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Constellation University Institutes Project - University of Alabama Huntsville
An aspiring group of students at UA Huntsville have the childhood dreams of becoming rocket scientists. NASA's Constellation University Institutes Project is giving them the opportunity to make their dreams a reality.
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Operations and Checkout Building High Bay Ready for Orion Processing
NASA’s Constellation Program took another giant step forward as representatives helped mark the completion of renovations to the historic Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 26.
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To the Extreme: NASA Tests Heat Shield Materials
NASA is pulling together to make sure that the Orion crew vehicles will protect their crews from the extremes of spaceflight.
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Ares I-X Pieces Coming Together
NASA continues work on the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires.
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NASA Tests Engine Technology for Moon Landing
A development engine assisting NASA with the Altair lunar lander design completes a round of testing.
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A Test From the Past Helps Determine Success for the Future of Ares I-X
Engineers are using wind tunnel simulations to test the stability of the Ares I-X vehicle will have on the launch pad.
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Desert RATS 2008: Three Days in the Desert Tests Lunar "RV"
Two people, three days, 10 cubic meters. That sums up one of the main tests for this year's Desert RATS tests at Black Point Lava Flow in Arizona.
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NASA Unveils Firing Room for Ares I-X
When Ares I-X blasts off, the smoke and fire will trigger a data-gathering frenzy that's key to man's return to the moon and travel beyond.
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First Test of Orion Launch Abort Motor
NASA and ATK have successfully tested a launch abort motor for the Orion crew exploration vehicle.
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No Lightweights for Ares I-X Upper Stage Simulator
When Ares I-X blasts off, the smoke and fire will trigger a data-gathering frenzy that's key to man's return to the moon and travel beyond.
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Orion Boilerplate Crew Module Completes Mass Properties Testing at NASA Dryden
Engineers at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center recently completed mass properties tests on the Orion test crew module in preparation for the Launch Abort System flight tests scheduled to begin at White Sands, New Mexico, next spring.
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Stars of Constellation
NASA's Constellation Program isn't just about building the next generation spacecraft, but launching explorers that will help us learn more about our world. Discover the faces behind the hardware that will send humans to the moon and beyond.
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Sensors Advance Lunar Landing Project
NASA is developing technologies that will allow lunar landers to automatically identify and navigate to the location of a safe landing site while detecting landing hazards during the final descent to the surface.