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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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NASA Goddard to Purge Rocket-Bursting Bubbles on Ares-1
Of all the things that can bring down a rocket, bubbles seem the most unlikely. The problem arises when they pop.
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Mars, Then and Now: Google Mars Update
NASA and Google announce an update to Mars in Google Earth, a 3D Mapping tool for the Red Planet.
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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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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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Josh Figuered
Josh Figuered, a robotics engineer at Johnson Space Center, is working on the next vehicle that astronauts may drive on the moon.
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LRO Ships South for Launch Prep
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was loaded on a truck February 11 to begin its two-day journey to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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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.