Alliant Techsystems successfully conducted the first test firing of the igniter that will be used on NASA’s Ares I first stage.
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ESA designs its smallest ever space engine to push back against sunshine
An ESA team is preparing to test the performance of the smallest yet most precisely controllable engine ever built for space, sensitive enough to counteract the force of incoming sunshine. The Field Emission Electric Propulsion engine produces an average thrust equivalent to the force of a single falling hair.
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Mars Odyssey Survives Risky Reboot
NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter was successfully rebooted to thwart any potential future problems with memory corruption of its main systems, and with hopes of restoring use of back-up systems.
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