NASA's Future Has Arrived

Ares 1-X Rocket Launch Delays

By: u2consulting

Cargo ship enters hazard zone of the Ares 1-X rocket launch just off the Kenedy Space Center causing NASA to scrub the lift-off. Because these rockets carry toxic chemicals as fuel no ships or boats or airplanes may be in the hazard launch zone. Upon restarting the 4 minute count-down clock a high cloud passed directly over the launch pad ...

about 1 month ago

NASA rocket launch advances Moon mission dream

By: arboofti

Friday, October 30, 2009 CAPE CANAVERAL: Nasa successfully launched on Wednesday the prototype for a new generation of space rocket, advancing its plans to return man to the Moon by 2020.The Ares I-X, the tallest rocket in the world, blasted off at 11:30 am from Cape Canaveral in Florida, carrying with it the US space agency’s lofty ...

29 days ago

Launch of revolutionary space plane 'less than 10 years away'

By: TauseefAhmed

  Easy access to space using a revolutionary rocket engine could be less than 10 years away, it was claimed today.  Engineers at the University of Bristol are part of the European team working on the Skylon space plane.  The reusable craft will be able to deliver a payload of more than 12 tonnes into orbit, returning to land on ...

3 days ago

Russia launches European satellites into space

By: inamshah

Russia has successfully launched a Rokot rocket carrying two European satellites into space from its military spacedrome of Plesetsk, the RIA Novosti news agency reported early Monday."The launch of the Rokot rocket carrying SMOS and Proba-2 satellites made for the European Space Agency was successful," a Russian space official was quoted as ...

26 days ago