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Feb 7th, 2010 Posted in Science & Environment | No commentsAmerica ponders the options for a big rocket
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Posts Tagged ‘rocket’
Spaceport’s boom
Jan 28th, 2010 Posted in From Our Own Correspondent | No commentsIs this successful rocket launch site alienating locals?
Help from on high
Jan 14th, 2010 Posted in Americas | No commentsHow satellites are used to help after disasters
Roll-out for Branson’s spaceliner
Dec 8th, 2009 Posted in Science & Environment | No commentsSir Richard Branson shows off the rocket plane he will use to take fare-paying passengers into space.
Rocket booster damaged on return
Oct 30th, 2009 Posted in Science & Environment | No commentsThe booster used on the Ares 1-X test rocket on Wednesday was damaged when it fell back into the ocean, Nasa says.
Ariane puts satellites in orbit
Oct 30th, 2009 Posted in Science & Environment | No commentsEurope’s Ariane 5 rocket launches another two telecommunications satellites into orbit.
Nasa’s rocket roll-out complete
Oct 20th, 2009 Posted in Science & Environment | No commentsThe US space agency rolls out its Ares 1-X rocket as it tests the design concept of a future astronaut launcher.
Aluminium ice for rocket propellant
Oct 8th, 2009 Posted in Aerospace | No commentsResearchers in the US are developing a more environmentally friendly rocket propellant made of a frozen mixture of water and ‘nanoscale aluminium’ powder.