NASA, ATK successfully test largest and most powerful solid rocket motor
September 1st, 2010 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 1 (ANI): NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems have successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight.The stationary firing of the ... Read more...
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Those who fail perform better in long run, study shows
August 25th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 25 (IANS) People and organisations crippled by failures do much better in the long run.
That is because they learn more from their failures than their successes and retain the ... Read more...
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India successfully test-fires interceptor missile in Orissa
July 26th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Balasore (Orissa), July 26 (ANI): India on Monday successfully test-fired a ballistic missile interceptor from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) on Wheeler Island off the Orissa's coast.The target missile, a modified indigenously ... Read more...
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Growing space debris poses threat to spacecrafts
March 9th, 2010 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 9 (IANS) About 100 space debris experts who are taking part in the three-day meet of the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination (IADC) Committee here Tuesday expressed concern in the ... Read more...
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India tests rocket booster for heavier satellites
January 24th, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 24 (IANS) India successfully conducted the static test of its largest solid booster for launching heavier satellites using the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mk III), the space agency said ... Read more...
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India to test world’s third largest solid rocket booster
December 6th, 2009 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Dec 6 (IANS) The Indian space agency is expected to take a major step in January towards realising its next generation rocket by ground-firing the world's third largest ... Read more...
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NASA’s Ares I-X rocket successfully completes flight test
October 29th, 2009 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 29 (ANI): NASA's Ares I-X test rocket has successfully completed its flight test, by lifting off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 28th.The test flight lasted about ... Read more...
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Edwin.W.Reimers Passes Away At 96
August 17th, 2009 - 7:56 pm ICT by GD
The American actor and announcer Edwin.W.Reimers popularly known as the Allstate Corp's T.V. spokesman died on August 16th Sunday in New York at his daughter's home. He was the Allstate spokesman for ... Read more...
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US Army’s ‘WaveRider’ can fly more than 6 times faster than speed of sound
May 1st, 2009 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, May 1 (ANI): The US military is preparing to test an experimental aircraft, called 'WaveRider', that can fly more than six times faster than the speed of sound on ordinary jet ... Read more...
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Salty pools may exist on Mars
March 25th, 2009 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 25 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix Lander has shown the presence of perchlorate salts in Martian soil, which can keep water liquid at temperatures of minus 70 degrees Celsius, leading scientists ... Read more...
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NASAs Ares I rocket first stage igniter successfully tested
March 11th, 2009 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 11 (ANI): NASA has completed a successful test firing of the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor.The March 10 test paves ... Read more...
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NASAs Kepler mission to search for Earth-like planets
March 6th, 2009 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 6 (ANI): NASAs Kepler mission is all set to take off on March 6 from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, in a mission that ... Read more...
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NASAs IBEX spacecraft reaches orbit, begins instrument commissioning
November 13th, 2008 - 3:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 13 (ANI): NASAs Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has concluded its orbit-raising phase and is beginning instrument commissioning in preparation to start science observations.IBEX, which is the latest in ... Read more...
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Worlds first 1,000mph car would be faster than a bullet
October 23rd, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 23 (ANI): British engineers have unveiled plans for the worlds first 1,000mph car, a vehicle designed not to break the world land speed record, but to shatter it.According to ... Read more...
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Martian soil may be less hospitable for potential life than once believed
August 5th, 2008 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 5 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix spacecraft has detected the presence of a chemically reactive salt in the Martian soil, a finding that if confirmed could make it less friendly to ... Read more...
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