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 Ares Test 
 Rocket 
 Blasts Off 

Possible space shuttle replacement launches after long delay

Oct 28, 09 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - NASA’s Ares I-X test rocket finally blasted off this morning, after several delays and a storm-foiled first attempt. The $445 million rocket is the first of its kind, and NASA hopes it’ll eventually replace the space shuttle and take astronauts to the moon. Originally it was supposed to... More »

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Iraq • NASA • aerospace • rocket • space program • outer space • Ares I • Ares launch video



 NASA 
 Scrubs 
 Rocket's 
 Test Flight 

It may try tomorrow if weather permits

Oct 27, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(AP) - NASA's newest rocket will remain on the launch pad today because of clouds and high winds. Officials are deciding whether to try again tomorrow morning. Launch controllers tried repeatedly to get the Ares I-X rocket flying and got to within two-and-a-half minutes before calling it off. Minor problems stalled the... More »

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NASA • space exploration • space flight • Cape Canaveral • rocket • Ares launch video

 NASA Readies  
 New Rocket  
 for Test Flight 

It's the first new US rocket in 30 years

Oct 20, 09 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - NASA rolled out a seaside launch pad in Florida today, preparing to test its first new rocket designed for manned space travel in almost 30 years. The Ares I-X is a prototype of the Ares I, which NASA hopes will power the new spacecraft that will replace the shuttle. It... More »

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NASA • space flight • rocket • Ares launch video

 NASA to Smash 
 Rocket Into Moon 
 Tomorrow 

New crater will be blasted into surface as NASA hunts for buried ice

Oct 8, 09 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - If there's ice under the moon's surface, NASA aims to find it tomorrow. A rocket will smash into a crater near the moon's south pole, kicking up hundreds of thousands of pounds of lunar dirt. The dirt will be analyzed for traces of ice or water by a satellite following... More »

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NASA • satellite • moon • rocket • moon colonization

South Korea Launches
Space Rocket

First attempt from own soil; satellite aboard fails to reach orbit

Aug 25, 09 6:44 AM CDT
(AP) - South Korea's first rocket blasted off into space today following an aborted attempt last week and just months after its rival North Korea drew international ire for its own launch. A problem quickly surfaced, however, when the satellite the rocket was carrying apparently failed to enter its intended orbit. ... More »

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Russia • South Korea • aerospace • space • satellite • rocket • outer space

(Newser) - A rare mid-Atlantic rocket launch could give Americans up and down the East Coast a special night sight next week, Space.com reports. NASA's launch of a spy satellite from Wallops Island in Virginia is scheduled after sunset Tuesday, with a window of 8 to 11pm. Similar events, mostly on... More »

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NASA • Virginia • rocket • spy satellite • East Coast • outer space • launch window

 Two Koreas Agree 
 to Rare Meeting 

Will discuss shared factory complex amid international tension

Apr 19, 09 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Korea has agreed to North Korea's rare request for talks over a shared factory park, Reuters reports. South Korea will send 10 envoys north of the border Tuesday to discuss the Kaesong complex, where the North has been holding a South Korean worker for weeks after he derided its... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • nuclear program • factory • rocket • meeting • Kaesong

 N. Korea Fetes Rocket, 
 Kim's Imminent 'Re-Election' 

Tens of thousands turn up to celebrate rocket launch

Apr 8, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tens of thousands celebrated North Korea’s weekend rocket launch on the streets of Pyongyang today, a day ahead of a meeting in which the communist state’s new parliament is expected to re-elect Kim Jong Il. The satellite launch and the rally are a timed effort to increase support... More »

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North Korea • communism • nuclear weapons • rocket • Kim Jong Il

(Newser) - North Korea says it will view any punishment for its recent rocket launch as a threat to its very sovereignty and will take "necessary and strong steps" in response, the BBC reports. It did not specify what those steps might be. "Every country has the inalienable right to... More »

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North Korea • ICBMS • Pyongyang • rocket • Kim Jong Il • UN Security Council

Anti-Nuke Group Releases Photos of Korean Rocket

Satellite images of rocket flight released by anti-nuke group

Apr 7, 09 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - An institution devoted to stopping the spread of nuclear weapons has released images believed to be of North Korea's rocket in flight on Sunday, reports CNN. The Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security says the images, taken from satellite, clearly show the exhaust plume from the rocket's burning propellant... More »

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North Korea • missile • satellite • rocket

UN Split Over Response to
N. Korea Rocket

Russia, China resist
as US, Japan call
for punishment

Apr 6, 09 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US and Japan have hit international resistance as they push for a firm response to yesterday’s North Korean rocket launch over Japan, the Guardian reports. As the second day of emergency UN talks begins today, China and Russia aren’t backing a proposed statement condemning the move from... More »

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China • Russia • North Korea • United Nations • Japan • sanctions • United States • punishment • rocket • UN Security Council

 Korea Launch Signals 
 Troubling Progress 

Experts believe 'satellite' failure was moderately successful missile test

Apr 6, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea's weekend rocket launch failed in the third stage, and its payload—be it friendly satellite or naked nuclear ambition—lies at the bottom of the Pacific, but the test shows alarming progress, experts tell the Los Angeles Times. Analysts dismiss North Korea's claims that a satellite made it... More »

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North Korea • nuclear weapons • missile • satellite • rocket • Kim Jong Il

 Korea Rocket 
 Never Made Orbit 

More evidence that 'satellite' rocket was missile test

Apr 5, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea's launch early this morning of what officials said was a satellite rocket never made orbit, despite the nation's claims to the contrary, according to US and South Korean officials. The finding was further evidence that the launch was a ballistic missile test disguised as part of a space... More »

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North Korea • satellite • rocket • UN Security Council • President Obama • failure

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North Korea Threatens US Planes

It also begins fueling
its controversial long-range rocket

Apr 1, 09 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea today threatened to shoot down US planes it accuses of spying on its soon-to-be-launched rocket, the New York Times reports. Meanwhile, the rocket's fueling process has begun, which means it could be ready to go sometime this weekend, CNN notes. The rocket likely will carry a harmless enough... More »

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 Mystery East Coast Fireball 
 Was a Russian Rocket 

Naval Observatory 99% sure explosion was remains of Soyuz booster

Mar 31, 09 2:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fireball that lit up parts of the East Coast Sunday night was almost certainly the exploding remains of a Russian rocket, a US Naval Observatory official tells Space.com. The second stage of the Soyuz rocket was slated to enter the atmosphere at the time and place the fireball... More »

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astronomy • rocket • space debris • East Coast • Soyuz • space junk

 Japan, US Ready 
 Defenses for 
 N Korean Missile 

Navy moves ships in as Tokoy says it will shoot down debris

Mar 27, 09 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Japanese government ordered its military to fire on a North Korean rocket if any part of it falls into Japanese airspace, reports Reuters. North Korea has said it will launch a communications satellite but is presumed to be testing a long-range missile, which is currently on a launch pad.... More »

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North Korea • Japan • Pyongyang • missile • satellite • Japanese Defense Force • rocket

North Korea Makes Threat Over Missile Launch

Vows to restart nuclear plants if sanctioned

Mar 26, 09 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea said today it would reopen its nuclear facilities if the UN Security Council takes action over a planned missile launch, Reuters reports. If the UN adds sanctions against North Korea, Pyongyang said it would reverse the closing of both a nuclear reactor and its Yongbyon atomic plant, which... More »

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North Korea • Pyongyang • missile • satellite • rocket • Kim Jong Il • UN Security Council

Crash Ends Mission to Track Global Warming

Rocket carrying satellite ends up in ocean, sinking $280M project

Feb 24, 09 10:50 AM CST
(AP) - A rocket carrying a NASA satellite crashed near Antarctica after a failed launch early yesterday, ending a $280 million mission to track global warming from space. The rocket carrying the Orbiting Carbon Observatory blasted off just before 2am from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. But minutes later a cover protecting... More »

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NASA • global warming • science • space • Antarctica • rocket

 Israel Fears Rocket Attack 
 on Nuke Plant 

Size, sophistication of Hamas rocket arsenal shocks Israeli security forces

Jan 2, 09 3:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli officials, shaken by the size and sophistication of Hamas' rocket arsenal, fear the country's nuclear center at Dimona may be targeted, the Times of London reports. The group's new, more accurate, Grad missiles, smuggled in by land and sea, can penetrate significantly farther into Israel than the crude, home-made... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • nuclear reactor • missile • Qassam • rocket • nuclear power plant • Dimona

 Iran Aims to Put a Man in Space 

State also hopes to aid other Muslim countries via satellite program

Aug 21, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran plans to send a manned mission into orbit within the next 10 years, the CBC reports. The news comes on the heels of a recent, and disputed, rocket launch the Iranians claim put a satellite, its first, into space. The country says its space presence would monitor weather and... More »

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Iran • astronauts • satellite • rocket • spaceflight • space program

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