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Hybrid rocket test at Edwards AFB is successful AIR FORCE NEWS RELEASE Posted: June 14, 2005 A hybrid rocket motor intended to provide a low-cost responsive small launch vehicle (SLV) was recently tested for the second time here at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
The test was part of the joint Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Air Force program called Falcon/SLV. Its goal is to develop an affordable, responsive launcher capable of placing a small satellite into a low earth orbit. Lockheed Martin Space Systems - Michoud Operations, one of four companies awarded the DARPA/AF contracts to explore a range of SLV designs, successfully tested a similar hybrid rocket for the first time, January 21, this year, on the Lab's Test Stand 2-A. As the program progresses, Falcon/SLV candidates will be selected for additional development efforts that will culminate in a launch demonstration.
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The House Science Committee, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, begins its hearing on the International Space Station. (29min 59sec file)
House members question Expedition 11 crew member John Phillips living on the International Space Station. (16min 33sec file)
The hearing continues with questioning by House members of former station astronauts Peggy Whitson and Mike Fincke. (31min 33sec file)
A status report on the Expedition 11 crew's mission aboard the International Space Station is given during this news conference Monday. (55min 54sec file)
As excitement builds for the first space shuttle launch in over two years, this comprehensive video selection captures the major pre-flight events for Discovery and her seven astronauts.
A camera on the International Space Station captured this view of Tropical Storm Arlene moving into the Gulf of Mexico as the orbiting complex flew above the weather system at 2:33 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 10. (3min 06sec file)
NASA's space-based research into how hurricanes form and move is explained in this narrated movie from the agency. (8min 02sec file)
Dr. Bonnie Buratti, team member of the Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer, discusses a possible volcano discovered on Saturn's moon Titan. (2min 12sec file)
The co-chairs and other members of the Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group, which is overseeing NASA's space shuttle program, hold a news conference in Houston on June 8.
