Orbit 17 +++ Space and beyond » parachute http://www.orbit17.com galaxies, science, exploration, astronomy (blog) Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:53:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 @NASA Perplexed Over Ares Rocket’s Parachute Failure http://www.orbit17.com/nasa-perplexed-over-ares-rockets-parachute-failure/ http://www.orbit17.com/nasa-perplexed-over-ares-rockets-parachute-failure/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:52:18 +0000 galaxy17 http://www.orbit17.com/?p=170 NASA is still perplexed over the parachute failure that damaged its new Ares I-X test rocket during its October test launch, but otherwise the debut flight went well, mission managers said.

The $445 million suborbital Ares I-X rocket, NASA’s first prototype of the vehicle it plans to carry humans to orbit after the space shuttles retire, blasted off Oct. 28 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It soared eastward into the sky, peaked at about 28 miles altitude, then the solid-rocket first stage separated from its dummy second stage and dropped into the ocean as planned.

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