Read more rocket stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12087/rocket.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:50:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72754/ares-test-rocket-blasts-off.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNASA’s Ares I-X test rocket finally blasted off this morning, after several delays and a storm-foiled first attempt. The $445 million rocket is the first of its kind, and NASA hopes it’ll eventually replace the space shuttle and take astronauts to the moon. Originally it was supposed to lift off...http://www.newser.com/story/72754/ares-test-rocket-blasts-off.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 10:51:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72673/nasa-scrubs-rockets-test-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNASA's newest rocket will remain on the launch pad today because of clouds and high winds. Officials are deciding whether to try again tomorrow morning. Launch controllers tried repeatedly to get the Ares I-X rocket flying and got to within two-and-a-half minutes before calling it off. Minor problems stalled the...http://www.newser.com/story/72673/nasa-scrubs-rockets-test-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 10:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72141/nasa-readies-new-rocket-for-test-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNASA rolled out a seaside launch pad in Florida today, preparing to test its first new rocket designed for manned space travel in almost 30 years. The Ares I-X is a prototype of the Ares I, which NASA hopes will power the new spacecraft that will replace the shuttle. It...http://www.newser.com/story/72141/nasa-readies-new-rocket-for-test-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 14:13:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71209/nasa-to-smash-rocket-into-moon-tomorrow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf there's ice under the moon's surface, NASA aims to find it tomorrow. A rocket will smash into a crater near the moon's south pole, kicking up hundreds of thousands of pounds of lunar dirt. The dirt will be analyzed for traces of ice or water by a satellite following...http://www.newser.com/story/71209/nasa-to-smash-rocket-into-moon-tomorrow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 4:52:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67705/south-korea-launches-space-rocket.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth Korea's first rocket blasted off into space today following an aborted attempt last week and just months after its rival North Korea drew international ire for its own launch. A problem quickly surfaced, however, when the satellite the rocket was carrying apparently failed to enter its intended orbit. South...http://www.newser.com/story/67705/south-korea-launches-space-rocket.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 6:44:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57860/rare-rocket-launch-in-va-may-wow-east-coast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA rare mid-Atlantic rocket launch could give Americans up and down the East Coast a special night sight next week, Space.com reports. NASA's launch of a spy satellite from Wallops Island in Virginia is scheduled after sunset Tuesday, with a window of 8 to 11pm. Similar events, mostly on...http://www.newser.com/story/57860/rare-rocket-launch-in-va-may-wow-east-coast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 02 May 2009 12:25:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56587/two-koreas-agree-to-rare-meeting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth Korea has agreed to North Korea's rare request for talks over a shared factory park, Reuters reports. South Korea will send 10 envoys north of the border Tuesday to discuss the Kaesong complex, where the North has been holding a South Korean worker for weeks after he derided its...http://www.newser.com/story/56587/two-koreas-agree-to-rare-meeting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Apr 2009 8:39:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55661/n-korea-fetes-rocket-kims-imminent-re-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTens of thousands celebrated North Korea’s weekend rocket launch on the streets of Pyongyang today, a day ahead of a meeting in which the communist state’s new parliament is expected to re-elect Kim Jong Il. The satellite launch and the rally are a timed effort to increase support for the...http://www.newser.com/story/55661/n-korea-fetes-rocket-kims-imminent-re-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 11:54:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55584/north-korea-threatens-strong-steps-if-punished.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorth Korea says it will view any punishment for its recent rocket launch as a threat to its very sovereignty and will take "necessary and strong steps" in response, the BBC reports. It did not specify what those steps might be. "Every country has the inalienable right to use outer...http://www.newser.com/story/55584/north-korea-threatens-strong-steps-if-punished.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Apr 2009 21:06:47 CDT