Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket aborts seconds before launch
Posted by brandoniswrite on September 7, 2010
Ariane 5 core engine ignites then is shutdown today. (arianespace)Europe’s workhorse in launching commercial satellites suffered an on-the-pad launch abort today seconds before it’s boosters were to ignite.The Vulcain 2 single main engine ignites in the final seven seconds before launch. During this time, computers in milliseconds checkout every aspect of the rocket to ensure [...]
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Endeavour launch not possible before “end of week;” not likely before following week
Posted by brandoniswrite on June 11, 2010
NASA has determined that the glitch that caused officials to scrub last Friday’s launch was in a switchbox and that complicates efforts to both fix the problem and schedule another launch. NASA officially ruled out Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week because fixing the switchbox problem will take at least that long. That runs [...]
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Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
Posted by brandoniswrite on June 4, 2010
As prepared for delivery. Good morning, Madam Chairman, Chairman Carper and Members of the Committee U.S. EPA Radiation News
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