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NASA Engineers Complete Engine Test Series for Ares I Rocket
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Second series of testing on the workhorse gas generator concludes. Image Credit: NASA
NASA engineers at the Marshall Center have completed a series of tests on a key component of the J-2X engine, which will propel the next-generation Ares I rocket on its journey to space. The Aug. 15 test -- the last of 20 in this series -- concluded the second of four planned batteries of tests on the J-2X's workhorse gas generator, the driver for the turbopumps which start the engine for the Ares I rocket upper stage.> News Release
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NASA Tests Launch Abort Parachute System
NASA tested the parachutes for the recovery system on its Orion crew exploration vehicle above the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona on July 31.
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NASA, ATK Conduct First Launch Abort System Igniter Test for Orion
NASA and Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, reached another milestone Friday with the successful test firing of a critical safety component for the Orion crew exploration vehicle, NASA's next generation of spaceships.
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Well Suited for Space
At the bottom of NASA’s 40-foot-deep swimming pool – known as the Neutral Buoyancy Lab – astronauts strap on weights and plastic piping to simulate the backpack that attaches to a spacesuit.
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