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Stars of Constellation: Terry Hill
As NASA’s engineering project manager for the Constellation Program’s Spacesuit System, Terry Hill is working on the next generation of spacesuits designed for future NASA exploration missions.
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Innovative Partnership Tests Fuels of the Future
It’s exactly what everyone’s looking for: an engine that works on cheaper, less toxic, more readily available fuels. This engine just happens to be for a rocket.
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Ares Ullage Motor Testing
NASA successfully completes the first round of development testing for the Ares ullage settling motor.
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NASA Tests Limits for Ares I Main Parachute
NASA and industry engineers conducted a design limit load test of the Ares I rocket's main parachute Oct. 8.
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Orion Main Parachute Testing Technique Demonstrated
NASA and engineering support contractors completed a demonstration test of the main parachute test equipment for the Orion crew exploration vehicle October 2 at the U.S Army’s Yuma Proving Grounds in Yuma, Ariz.
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Ares DM-1 Motor Test: Success!
NASA and ATK have successfully tested the DM-1 Ares first stage motor in Utah.
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Orion Launch Abort Team Designs With Confidence
Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center complete a major milestone on Orion's Launch Abort System.
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Orion Abort Flight Test Crew Module Departs Dryden For White Sands
The Orion crew module that will be used for the first launch abort system Pad Abort 1 flight test is scheduled to depart NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center Aug. 19 for the White Sands Missile Range, N.M., where the launch abort flight tests will be performed.
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A 21st Century-Style Return to the Moon
Forty years after the first moon landing, NASA has turned its attention back to lunar missions, this time planning to stay longer.
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Ares I First Stage Motor to be Tested August 25
NASA and ATK unveil the completed Ares I first stage five-segment solid rocket booster in Promontory, Utah.
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NASA Stirs Up the First Development Dome Welds for Ares I Upper Stage
The Ares Projects team has completed welding on a critical liquid hydrogen tank dome for the upper stage of the Ares I.
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Orion Spacecraft Launches to Space Station on Virtual Mission
Virtual Missions are a tool to verify NASA has the right processes in place to achieve its reduced flight preparation time.
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NASA's Shuttle Program Hands Over Launch Pad to Constellation
The May 31 transfer of Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida from the Space Shuttle Program to the Constellation Program is the next step in preparing the first flight test of the agency's next-generation spacecraft and launch system.
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First Ares I Rocket Cluster Parachute Test
A successful cluster test of the Ares I rocket's three main parachutes was conducted May 20 by NASA and industry engineers.
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Orion Abort Motor Arrives
One motor that tests safety on the Orion crew exploration vehicle has arrived in New Mexico.
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Testing World's Largest Rocket Parachutes
NASA plans testing for three massive main parachutes for Ares I.
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Rock-n-Roll Launch Pad
The Ares I-X vehicle uses only four bolts to stay steady on its slow roll out to the launch pad.
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Ares I Five Segment Development Motor on the Move
NASA moved the first segment of the Ares I development motor from ATK's facility to the nearby test stand.
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Richard A. Scheuring, D.O.
As a flight surgeon and the Constellation Lead for Medical Operations Integration, Dr. Rick Scheuring conducts medical research to enhance astronaut health and safety for the Constellation Program.
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Robert Howard Jr., Ph.D.
Robert Howard Jr., manager of the Habitability Design Center at Johnson Space Center, is aiming to help crews be comfortable and productive during NASA's missions back to the moon.