NASA to start irradiating monkeys Oct 30, 2009
NASA has zapped rats and mice to , but that provides only a small picture, Frank Cucinotta, head of the Space Radiation Health Project at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, told Discovery News. "Obviously, the closer we get to man, the better," added Eleanor Blakely, a biophysicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who studies radiation-induced cataracts. (MSNBC -- Environment)
NASA moon rocket completes first test flight Oct 30, 2009
It was the first time in nearly 30 years that a new rocket took off from Kennedy Space Center. Columbia made the maiden voyage for the shuttle fleet back in 1981. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
AIR FORCE - Wing Supports Ares 1-X Launch Oct 30, 2009
45th Space Wing Airmen support successful Ares I-X launch. " The Ares I is the first rocket developed for NASA's Constellation Program, tasked with developing vehicles necessary to carry astronauts on future journeys of exploration. This mission provided an opportunity to test and prove the new rocket's flight characteristics, hardware, facilities and ground operations. Comments No comments yet. Inside AF.mil Search More Headlines 3 Commentary 1 The Official Web site of the United States Air... (DOD DefenseLINK)
I-X marks the start Oct 29, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL CAPE CANAVERAL -- A successful six-minute test flight from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday boosted NASA's confidence that a new moon rocket is on track to replace the shuttle, despite growing uncertainty about its future. The 327-foot Ares I-X rocket leaped from its pad at 11:30 a.m. and angled east like a white arrow over the ocean, becoming the first vehicle other than a shuttle to launch from the spaceport since 1975. (Florida Today)
NASA launches newest, behemoth rocket Oct 29, 2009
NASA's Ares 1-X test rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Wednesday in Cape Canaveral. CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) 's newest rocket successfully completed a brief test flight Wednesday, the first step in a back-to-the-moon program that could yet be shelved by the. (USA Today -- Tech)
A century of memories Oct 29, 2009
Tadlock, who credits his longevity to hard work, worked in New Orleans at the airport and space center two years and four years, respectively. He also worked as a carpenter, where he built schools, shopping malls and playgrounds. (Forest Scott County Times, MS)
NASA rocket launch advances Moon mission dream Oct 29, 2009
NASA's Ares 1-X rocket flies through the atmosphere after lifting off from launch pad 39-b at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida ... After a frustrating Tuesday, when several attempts to launch were abandoned, the clouds finally parted long enough for the syringe-like rocket to shoot up into the blue sky above the Kennedy Space Center ... NASA said the data gathered from the 445-million-dollar launch -- the first time in 30 years that a space craft other than a shuttle has... (Yahoo! Asia News)
LIFTOFF: NASA Rocket Makes First Test Oct 29, 2009
NASA's roared into the sky over the Kennedy Space Center today in the first test of what may eventually replace the nation's aging fleet of. Liftoff at Kennedy Space Center signals changes for NASA's space program ... NASA has two ships to tow it back to the Kennedy Space Center. (ABC News)
Ares Rocket Launch Faces More Bad Weather Oct 29, 2009
After yesterdays scrub, the Ares I-X rocket stands ready for launch at Pad 39B just before sunrise at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Oct. 28, 2009. (CBS News)
Clouds break; NASA launches rocket Oct 29, 2009
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - For first time since 1981, the rocket that took off from a launching pad at the Kennedy Space Center yesterday was not a space shuttle. (Boston Globe)
Successful test flight for Ares Oct 29, 2009
A rocket designed to replace the ageing space shuttle has made its first test-flight from the Kennedy Space Center. The 100m-long Ares I-X made a two-minute flight to allow Nasa to test technology crucial for the development of future manned versions of the craft. (BBC News)
Ares 1-X Rocket Launch a Soaring Success Oct 29, 2009
The Ares 1-X rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares 1-X rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Fox News)
Ariane 5 ready for 6th flight mission this year Oct 29, 2009
At the Kourou Space Center of French Guiana, the launcher will be transferred from the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building to the launch zone before the launch window opens from GMT 2000 to GMT 2140 on Oct. 29. Founded in 1980, the share limited European company Arianespace initiated launch service for satellite operators from private companies and government agencies. (Xinhuanet, China)
NASA tests next-generation rocket Oct 29, 2009
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- NASA on Wednesday launched the Ares I-X rocket in Kennedy Space Center in Florida ... The Ares 1-X test rocket lifts off on a six-minute suborbital flight from launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida October 28, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
NASA's Ares I-X Rocket Completes Successful Flight Test Oct 29, 2009
28, 2009) NASA's Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight ... The Ares I-X efforts are led by the Ares I-X mission management office of the Constellation Program, based at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, and NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate in Washington ... The Kennedy Space Center provided operations and associated ground activities and launch operations. (Science Daily)
NASA launches test rocket on second try Oct 29, 2009
John Raoux / APThe Ares I-X test rocket lifts off successfully from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla ... NASA's Ares I-X booster, of the planned Ares I rocket intended to carry astronauts after the space shuttle fleet retires, blasted off on an experimental mission from the seaside Launch Pad 39B here at the Kennedy Space Center. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Photos: NASA's Ares I-X test launch lift off Oct 29, 2009
( RED HUBER, ORLANDO SENTINEL / October 28, 2009 ) A cone of moisture surrounds the Ares1-X rocket after blasting off at the Kennedy Space Center. On Tuesday the first launch attempt was scrubbed due to weather restrictions. (FOX61, CT)
The Ares Liftoff: Learning from Space Shuttle Mistakes Oct 29, 2009
The Ares I-X test rocket lifts off at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. John Raoux / AP. (Time.com)
Second delay for Ares rocket test launch: NASA Oct 28, 2009
NASA's Ares 1-X rocket is seen on launch pad 39-b at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida ... A four-hour launch window was to have begun at 8:00 am (1200 GMT) for the launch of Ares from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Your views: Letters to the editor Oct 28, 2009
We have a talented group of people working at the space center ... With a solar energy center opening at Kennedy Space Center in 2011, why not utilize all the land at KSC to support more solar arrays, geothermal energy, wind power, and wave-generated power. (Florida Today)
Gotta Go: NASA Launch Scrubbed Oct 28, 2009
In a photo provided by NASA, NASA's Ares I-X rocket is seen on launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. (ABC News)
Launch of NASA's New Ares Rocket Scrubbed Oct 28, 2009
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Oct. 27, 2009 ... The 327-foot-tall Ares I-X rocket (nicknamed the "Stick") on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Tuesday Oct. 20, 2009, awaiting its first experimental flight ... "One test is worth a thousand expert opinions," said Jon Cowart, Ares I-X deputy mission manager at the Kennedy Space Center. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
NASA delays test flight of new rocket Oct 28, 2009
The Ares 1-X test rocket sits on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S., October 27, 2009 ... The Ares 1-X test rocket sits on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S., October 27, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
NASA's Ares rocket set for test flight Oct 28, 2009
NASA's Ares 1-X rocket sits on launch pad 39-B at Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Monday ... (CNN) -- For the first time in decades, a rocket instead of a space shuttle is occupying launchpad 39-B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (CNN -- International)
NASA test flight delayed, bad weather still looms Oct 28, 2009
The sun sets on the Ares I-X rocket, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B in Cape Canaveral, Fla ... (AP Photo/John Raoux) The Ares I-X test rocket stands ready on Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
NASA scrubs Ares rocket launch Oct 28, 2009
The Ares I-X sits on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Tuesday ... Weather delays launch of 327-foot rocket at Kennedy Space Center ... NASA had until noon Tuesday to launch the 327-foot rocket -- currently the world's largest -- from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (CNN -- Tech)
The strangest moments in space launch history Oct 28, 2009
Taking a midday stroll, an alligator crosses the Saturn Causeway June 2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in front of the Astrovan with STS-127 crew members aboard. . (MSNBC -- Technology)
Click to read:NASA Preps for Ares I-X Rocket Launch Oct 27, 2009
The sun sets on the Ares I-X rocket, Oct. 26, 2009, at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B in Cape Canaveral, Fla ... This image from NASA TV shows the Ares I-X rocket rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Fla ... "One test is worth a thousand expert opinions," said Jon Cowart, Ares I-X deputy mission manager at the Kennedy Space Center. (CBS News)
President Obama To See How Florida Shines In Solar Power Oct 27, 2009
Next year, plants in Martin County and at Kennedy Space Center (a joint project with NASA) will begin producing electricity. The DeSoto, Martin and Space Center plants will make Florida the second largest supplier of solar power in the United States, after California. (W-USA News, DC)
Son of Shuttle? Or Rocket to Nowhere? Oct 27, 2009
The sitting on the launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center is ready to go, scheduled for launch Tuesday morning if the weather holds. Space shuttle rocket boosters make for a delightful spectacle in space. (ABC News)
NASA readies for pivotal test of new rocket Oct 27, 2009
An illustration of the Ares I-X test launch from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla ... The experimental is set to lift off at 8 a.m. ET from Pad 39B here at Kennedy Space Center. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Weather threatens historic Ares I-X test flight Oct 27, 2009
Look for the Ares I-X to leap off its Kennedy Space Center launch pad, going from zero to supersonic in just 39 seconds ... Weather permitting, NASA's sleek, next-generation Ares I-X rocket is set to lift off at 8 a.m. from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center. (Florida Today)
New Nasa rocket prepares to fly Oct 27, 2009
The 100m-long Ares I-X has a four-hour launch window for blast-off from Nasa's Kennedy Space Center ... The test launch - scheduled for Tuesday between 1200 and 1600 GMT (0800 and 1200 EDT) - will take place from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (BBC News -- Americas)
John Kelly: Plan for space may be hazy, but it exists Oct 27, 2009
Latest news and analysis from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral ... Florida Today's includes every documented launch of a missile, rocket or manned spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral area. (Florida Today)
Weather Might Delay Tuesday Moon Launch Oct 27, 2009
This image from NASA TV shows the Ares I-X rocket rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. early in the morning Oct. 20. (CBS News)
NASA counts down for Mars rocket test Oct 27, 2009
Photographers take pictures of NASA's Ares 1-X rocket as it is seen on launch pad 39-b at the Kennedy Space Center, on October 26, in Cape Canaveral, Florida ... Barring bad weather, a four-hour window will begin at 8:00 am (1200 GMT) for the launch of the Ares I-X rocket from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, a key test for the future of US space exploration amid deep uncertainty about the program. (Yahoo! Asia News)
A boyhood dream nears reality Oct 27, 2009
Today, when NASA test launches its new Ares I rocket for the first time at the Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral, Fla. Davis will recall his boyhood days dreaming of touching the heavens. (Albany Times Union)
Independence Visitor Center picks Cuorato to be CEO Oct 27, 2009
Cuorato replaces the center s leader of 10 years, William Moore, who left the visitor center early this year for the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Most Read Stories. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
NASA's Ares 1-X vs. the World's Tallest Rockets Oct 27, 2009
Like the Ares I-X and NASA shuttles, the towering Saturn V launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It stood 363 feet high and remains the most powerful rocket ever built, even though the last one flew in 1973. (Fox News)
Behind the scenes of theAres I-X Oct 27, 2009
Bruce Weaver / AFP - Getty ImagesNASA's new Ares 1-X test vehicle on Oct. 26, 2009 is reflected in a pond at launch pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center inFlorida ... The rocket is set launch at 8 a.m. EDT Tuesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (MSNBC -- Technology)
No comments posted. Oct 25, 2009
A: My brothers and I went on a civil rights march to what was called Cape Canaveral then, but now it's the Kennedy Space Center. Two days of walking, sleeping on floors in churches, singing gospel songs, having things thrown at us and obscenities shouted from cars driving past it was all a real eye-opener. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Indian Space Research Organization names new chairman Oct 25, 2009
NEW DELHI, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Radhakrishnan, director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center in Thiruvananthapuram, southern India, is named the next chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), said the scientist on Sunday. Armed with a fax copy of his appointment Radhakrishnan, who takes over from G. Madhavan Nair, visited the famed Sree Krishna Temple Guruvayoor in Thrissur on Sunday morning. (Xinhuanet, China)
Save Space campaign beginning to catch on Oct 25, 2009
Kennedy Space Center could shed up to 7,000 workers after the shuttle retires, further crippling Brevard's economy. "I try to find your logic on how it is a high priority to your administration to support the auto workers but not the aerospace workers," ATK employee Joaquin Cardena wrote in a letter to the White House. (Florida Today)
Panel says NASA should skip moon, fly elsewhere Oct 24, 2009
This image provided by NASA shows the 327-foot-tall Ares I-X rocket, sitting on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Tuesday Oct. 20, 2009 awaiting it's Oct. 27 first experimental flight. A special independent panel told the White House Thursday Oct. 22, 2009 that NASA needs to make a major detour on its grand plans to return astronauts to the moon concentrating on bigger rockets and new places to explore. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Swine flu kills space, nature fan Oct 24, 2009
His father brought his family to Brevard County in 1965 during the Apollo program, sparking an interest that led to Jeffords' reputation among his friends as a "docent" on Kennedy Space Center. Jeffords died Oct. 13, becoming the third Brevardian to die of complications related to swine flu. (Florida Today)
Ares I rocket close, yet so far Oct 24, 2009
On Tuesday morning, if the weather cooperates, NASA aims to launch the first -- and possibly the last -- model of the Ares I rocket from Kennedy Space Center. So on Friday, managers emerged from a flight readiness review for the Ares I-X launch and got peppered with the big question facing their project: What now. (Florida Today)
Dream Factory sends Fulton girl on Disney cruise Oct 24, 2009
"The Disney Cruise idea finally stuck, and Sarah said she is excited to take part in her newest adventure -- which includes flying to Orlando on Saturday, lunch with an astronaut at the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday and then a four-day cruise."I'm going to go down a huge water slide, and I'm most excited about meeting Tinker Bell," Sarah enthused, noting the famous pixie is her favorite Disney character simply because, "she is. ""I'm just looking forward to warmth and sunshine and being... (Fulton Sun, MO)
NASA's newest rocket set for Tuesday launch Oct 24, 2009
John Raoux / APThe Ares I-X test rocket, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla ... NASA is set to test the design of its , Ares I, during a demonstration liftoff called Ares I-X. The launch, slated for 8 a.m. ET on Oct. 27 from Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center here, will be a suborbital flight of the new rocket's first stage, with a dummy second stage and mock crew capsule on top. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Panel says NASA shouldnt revisit moon Oct 23, 2009
A test-flight version of the rocket, the new Ares I, is on a launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, awaiting liftoff next week for its first experimental flight. Instead, NASA should be concentrating on bigger rockets and new places to explore, the panel members said, as they issued their. (MSNBC -- Technology)
New Genetic Material From Group B Streptococcus Identified Oct 23, 2009
23, 2007) When the space shuttle Endeavour touched down at the Kennedy Space Center Aug. 21, microbiologist David Niesel was waiting by the runway, looking forward to a reunion with some of its passengers. The. (Science Daily)
Spaced Out: Panel Says NASA Needs Help Oct 23, 2009
The space shuttle Discovery, seen here soon after arriving at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida last week, and an artist's rendering of the Orion spacecraft approaching the International Space Station in Earth orbit. The Augustine Commission, which was asked by President Obama to lay out the future of NASA's human space program, believes the space shuttle should keep flying into 2011 to finish the space station without rushing it and risking accidents. (ABC News)
Our views: Next in space Oct 23, 2009
Would Kennedy Space Center be needed in that equation or would it and the coming loss of 7,000 post-shuttle jobs be reduced even further and the new rockets launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. But there was more, including the possibility of extending the shuttle program and flying at least two missions a year through 2015 to finish building the International Space Station and supply and maintain it. (Florida Today)
Is $360 million too much for Ares I-X test rocket? Oct 22, 2009
Differences below the surface are enough to make some critics question the value of the $360 million test flight, set to launch Tuesday from Kennedy Space Center. ONLINE EXTRA. (Florida Today)
JSC Hosts Open House and Ballunar Liftoff Festival Oct 22, 2009
Johnson Space Center Hosts Open House and Ballunar Liftoff Festival. On Oct. 24, Johnson Space Center (JSC) will open its doors to the public as part of the 16th Annual Ballunar Liftoff Festival. (NASA Watch)
NASA Tweetup - Shuttle Atlantis Liftoff Oct 22, 2009
WASHINGTON -- For the first time, NASA Twitter followers are invited to view a space shuttle launch in person at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ... The two-day event will provide NASA Twitter followers with the opportunity to take a tour of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, view the space shuttle launch and speak with shuttle technicians, engineers, astronauts and managers. (NASA Watch)
NASA STS-129 News Conference Oct 22, 2009
The news conference, originating from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will begin after the conclusion of the Flight Readiness Review ... - John Shannon, manager, Space Shuttle Program, NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston. (NASA Watch)
Bombing the Moon Oct 21, 2009
On June 18, 2009, LCROSS was launched on an Atlas rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL along with a second satellite called the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). LRO was sent immediately to the moon and began orbiting 50 km above its surface on June 23rd, monitoring the chosen target, the Cabeus A1 crater, one of the permanently-shaded areas where water might exist. (Suite101.com)
Ares I-X at the ready Oct 21, 2009
Differences below the surface are enough that some critics question the value of the $360 million test flight, set to launch Tuesday from Kennedy Space Center. "I would say that it doesn't have zero value, but it's certainly not worth the money," said Rand Simberg, a veteran aerospace engineer, analyst and writer who has chronicled NASA's new moon program in blogs and magazines including Popular Mechanics. (Florida Today)
Expo offers foot in door Oct 21, 2009
Businesses get to show their wares to space center, air base, port officials ... If business operators are worried about cutbacks at Kennedy Space Center or how the Pentagon's budget might affect opportunities at Patrick Air Force Base, they didn't show it Tuesday. (Florida Today)
Ares rollout pushes Atlantis launch to Nov. 16 Oct 21, 2009
Delaying shuttle Atlantis' planned liftoff from Nov. 12 gives Kennedy Space Center teams opportunities to launch the 327-foot test rocket on three consecutive days instead of two. Some of the same technicians and engineers are needed to prepare both vehicles for flight, so the later shuttle date adds flexibility. (Florida Today)
Upcoming flight, Ares excite Atlantis crew Oct 21, 2009
The transition in NASA's human spaceflight program was on clear display Tuesday as six shuttle astronauts gathered at one Kennedy Space Center launch pad and admired a skinny test rocket on a neighboring perch ... The crew of shuttle Atlantis, from left, commander Charles Hobaugh, mission specialists Mike Foreman and Leland Melvin, pilot Butch Willmore and mission specialists Robert Satcher Jr. and Randy Bresnik, answers questions at a news conference at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday. (Florida Today)
Rocket height shocks crowd Oct 21, 2009
NASA started a final push Tuesday toward its long-anticipated Ares I-X test flight after moving the world's tallest rocket to its Kennedy Space Center launch pad. Standing 327-feet tall -- or 15 stories taller than the space shuttle -- the Ares I-X emerged from the Vehicle Assembly Building bathed in blinding floodlights. (Florida Today)
NASA puts rocket on launch pad for test flight Oct 21, 2009
The 327-foot-tall Ares I-X test rocket moves slowly to launch pad 39B from the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla ... The same team at Kennedy Space Center will handle both launches. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Our views: Getting it right Oct 21, 2009
That number will grow as the shuttle program winds down, prompting thousands of job losses at Kennedy Space Center. Details on the final health care package are still under debate in Washington, but the changes ahead will be huge for AHCA.. (Florida Today)
Rocket to Blast Up, Out in Test Oct 21, 2009
"The Ares I-X is going to fly straight up and straight out," said NASA commentator George Diller as the 327-foot (100-meter) tall rocket began moving toward Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "During that time we'll be testing the stage separation to determine how well the first stage separation motors perform, as well as the performance of the booster itself, namely the parachutes and other apparatus that will deploy.". (Fox News)
