...and burn approximately six tons of propellant per second. Tuesday's test was delayed by a computer anomaly, resulting from a data ... The affected part had to be replaced prior to testing. Orbital ATK's vice president and general manager of propulsion...
Firing nuclear missiles at a late-spotted Earth-bound asteroid would be effective in stopping the majority of the rocky body hitting our planet, a new study by US scientists says. Every day, Earth is bombarded with more than 100 tons of dust and ...
...The overall facility, referred to as the EDEN ISS Mobile Test Facility (MTF), will be built in order to provide ...at the end of 2016, following which a long-term integrated testing campaign will be conducted at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in...
... unclear how this significant static fire incident will affect that test, other than to lead delays to NASA’s Commercial Crew Program... this prior to flight are the main reasons why we test. Our teams are investigating and working closely with our NASA...
... launch countdown procedure – and igniting the engines. "Saturday’s test was an important step forward to ensure that the core stage... work in May, the team worked through the remaining tests in the series, while also standing down periodically as six...
...NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The successful test, known as a hot fire, is a critical milestone ahead of the... to the Moon. The longer duration hot fire tested a variety of operational conditions, including moving the ...