Archives for the 'rockets' Category
James Van Allen: September 7, 1914 - August 9, 2006
Published on 10 Aug 2006 at 12:32 am.
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James Van Allen died yesterday. He was the one whom the Van Allen Radiation Belts were named after. As a further interesting note, I have a letter signed by him from back in 1984. Hmm. I need to see if I can find that letter.
He spent most of his life in […]
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Ares Rockets: More Blogging
Published on 4 Aug 2006 at 5:29 pm.
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Not too long ago, I posted an entry about the new Ares Rockets that NASA is designing. I mentioned that portions of the new rockets are based on Shuttle technology, in particular the external tank. Well, that includes the problematic foam. There was an article in the local paper here today about just that. As […]
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NASA’s new Ares Rockets
Published on 25 Jul 2006 at 1:06 am.
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NASA has released the names of the new rockets being developed for the next generation of launch vehicles to replace the Space Shuttle fleet. Two rockets are being developed. One is to lift the new Crew Excursion Vehicle (CEV), and another is a heavy lift booster. Both are named Ares. This is apropos because Ares […]
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Fajr-3 Rockets
Published on 17 Jul 2006 at 4:18 pm.
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A number of years ago, I gave a public lecture on the Leonid meteor shower, and I entitled the talk “The Sky is Falling!â€Â It had crossed my mind to title this post the same, but even my rather warped sense of humor finds little humorous in the current situation in the Middle East. I’ve […]
40 years ago: Saturn I-B
Published on 5 Jul 2006 at 4:48 pm.
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40 years ago, today, July 5, 1966, was the launch of the second Saturn 1-B rocket from Cape Canaveral. The Saturn 1-B was part of the Saturn family of rockets, the first US launch vehicles designed from the drawing board upwards as rocket boosters, not missiles. That is not to say that some missile technology […]
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Delta Rockets
Published on 15 Jun 2006 at 4:54 pm.
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The first rockets used to launch satellites into space were basically ballistic missiles converted for the job. These rockets were essentially the same as their military cousins. Even the first rockets used to lift men into space were converted ballistic missiles. However, even in the earliest days of spaceflight, there was a recognized need for […]
Atlas Rockets
Published on 21 Apr 2006 at 6:49 pm.
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The Atlas family or rockets has a long and proud heritage.  The Atlas V is a heavy lift booster, and it is often used to launch some of the bigger space probes. There are some interesting peculilarities in the Atlas rockets, so I thought that I might say a few things about them.
The Atlas was […]
