NASA Considering Canning Its Primary Rocket Back To The Moon
NASA is racing itself to the Moon in a new Space Race, pitting contractors against each other to produce the most ...
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Mysterious, city-size 'centaur' comet gets 300 times brighter after quadruple cold-volcanic eruption
The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...
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Go Centaur! Space Force stands up rocket stage at Los Angeles base
A Centaur III propellant tank and its rocket engine stand on display at Los Angeles Air Force Base as a testament to its ...
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ULA's new Vulcan Centaur rocket launches on 2nd test flight (video)
United Launch Alliance's (ULA) powerful new Vulcan Centaur rocket is two for two. Vulcan Centaur, the successor to ULA's workhorse Atlas V, launched today (Oct. 4) at 7:25 a.m. EDT (1125 GMT ...
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Boeing and Lockheed Martin's New Space Rocket May Have a Problem
Boeing and Lockheed Martin's joint venture, United Launch Alliance, launched its second Vulcan Centaur rocket on Oct. 4. The rocket suffered an anomaly when a solid rocket booster nozzle fell off ...
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With a Nod to the Past, Space Systems Command Sees Bright Future
The upper-stage Centaur III tank was designed for the Atlas II and Atlas V rocket ships. “The Centaur itself is deeply rooted right in our history,” the deputy commander noted. “It first flew in 1962.
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Boeing and Lockheed Martin's New Space Rocket May Have a Problem
and then the Centaur second stage, finish the job. But Vulcan had a little problem with its SRBs early in the launch: One of the rocket nozzles fell off. The good news is that losing a nozzle only ...
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Go Centaur! Space Force stands up rocket stage at Los Angeles base
The Centaur III upper stage tank and RL-10 engine ... and research purposes over the course of the Atlas II and Atlas V rocket programs. The now-retired hardware was delivered by truck from ...