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NASA’s Biggest-Ever Solid Rocket Shakes Utah

9:00PM September 1, 2010 | Gary Cutlack

NASA’s DM-2 rocket motor successfully fired for two minutes this week, pumping out a massive cloud of smoke while technicians carried out their tests. The first test is… are their earplugs in tight enough to block out the incredible noise? More »

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$US500 Million NASA Ares 1 Rocket Launcher Needs One (1) Rocket

4:00AM March 29, 2010 | Jack Loftus

If anyone has an Ares 1 rocket they need launching, NASA has a brand new, never-been-used $US500 million mobile launching pad that’s just itching to hurl something rocket-sized into space. More »

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The Max Launch Abort System Launch

12:00AM July 11, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Looks like Flash Gordon came to Virginia this Wednesday. Here you have images and video of the spectacular Max Launch Abort System in action. Sadly, the spiffy spacecraft won’t be in Orion. Maybe they can send me one to test. More »

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Progress Update On NASA’s Constellation Program

8:40AM June 26, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

NASA’s Jeffery Hanley went to the US Human Spaceflght Plans committee in Washington to do a show and tell on Constellation, the space program that will take us to the Moon and Mars. He played this report on its state. More »