Nasa Rocket Fails To Reach Orbit

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  NASA Loses 2 Hurricane Monitoring Satellites On Launch

  Two small NASA satellites that were meant to study hurricane development failed to enter orbit Sunday when their Astra rocket shut off before reaching the necessary altitude, the US space agency said.

• Russian rocket fails to reach target orbit

  Russia's space pride suffered another blow on Tuesday when a booster rocket failed to place two communications satellites into target orbits, a mishap that came a day after NASA successfully landed a robotic vehicle on Mars.

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  NASA research satellite plunges into the sea

  For the second time in two years, a rocket glitch sent a NASA global warming satellite to the bottom of the sea Friday, a $424 million debacle that couldn't have come at a worse time for the space agency and its efforts to understand climate change.

• NASA research satellite plunges into the sea

  For the second time in two years, a rocket glitch sent a NASA global warming satellite to the bottom of the sea Friday, a $424 million debacle that couldn't have come at a worse time for the space agency and its efforts to understand climate change.

• NASA's Earth-orbiting satellite fails to reach orbit

  NASA television is reporting that a rocket that blasted off carrying an Earth-observation satellite doesn't have the velocity to reach orbit.Officials at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California say the Taurus XL rocket carrying NASA's Glory satellite lifted off about 2.10 am on Friday from the base.But NASA launch commentator George Dillar said 15 ...