Recent news on Hydrazine

Orbital Express Spacecraft Redocks  -  25 May 2007
Aviation Week,The three-month mission was launched in March and already had demonstrated autonomous docking as well as hydrazine fuel and component transfer between the

NASA faces battle over toxic fuel plan for Orion  -  May 21, 2007
Flight InternationalCommon hypergolic fuels are hydrazine, monomethyl hydrazine and unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine. The oxidiser is usually nitrogen tetroxide or inhibited

Critical space shuttle launch preps on tap  -  May 21, 2007
The News-Press,The hypergolic propellants — monomethyl hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide — are extremely hazardous, so the pad area will be cleared off all but essential

Northrop Grumman Demonstrates On-Orbit Propellant Re-Supply for ...  -  May 10, 2007
Space Ref (press release)The Northrop Grumman payload onboard ASTRO has demonstrated autonomous transfer of hydrazine propellant, a type of liquid rocket fuel, to and from the

Cassini Weekly Report (05152007)  -  May 21, 2007
BBSNews,The latitude at closest approach was 68.9º N. SCO reported 345 g of hydrazine were used, and a peak thruster duty cycle of 53.8 %.

Arch Chemicals Announces Senior Management Appointments  -  May 18, 2007
American Digital Networks (press release),Mr. Massimo previously managed the Company's Hydrazine, Sulfuric Acid and Hickson & Welch businesses, and concurrent with his role as Chief Financial

Orbital Express Splits, Redocks  -  May 9, 2007
Aviation Week,The three-month mission was launched in March and already has demonstrated hydrazine fuel and component transfer between the two spacecraft.

Selenium flowers and walnuts  -  May 9, 2007
Chemistry World,The structures form when a mixture of a sodium-selenium mixed-metal oxide (Na 2 SeO 3 ) and an amine-containing compound such as hydrazine hydrate are

Smokeless Tobacco and Cancer Risk  -  May 8, 2007
Market-Day.net,...benzo(a)pyrene, volatile aldehydes,formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, crotonaldehyde, hydrazine, arsenic, nickel,cadmium, benzopyrene, and polonium-210.

Measure For Measure Air Travel and Terrorists  -  May 5, 2007
American Thinker,...advantage to a would-be bomber, that requires two liquids, is an explosive that is used in quarries containing concentrated nitric acid and hydrazine.

Boardman cleans up site, Sheriff closes case  -  Apr 27, 2007
EastOregonian.info (subscription),Morrow County Sheriff Ken Matlack said the barrels, which once contained a toxic, corrosive and combustible material called hydrazine, were sealed and did

Stardust samples genuine, researchers say  -  Apr 10, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),The comet-collecting Stardust mission, which returned its bounty to Earth early last year, was powered by a nitrogen-based fuel called hydrazine.

NASA says space find isn't just rocket fuel  -  Apr 13, 2007
New Scientist (subscription),However, Jesús Martínez-Frías of the NASA Astrobiology Institute in Madrid, Spain, and colleagues point out that Stardust was propelled by hydrazine,

Prototype Satellites Demonstrate In-Orbit Refueling  -  Apr 5, 2007
Space.comThe ASTRO satellite, one of two spacecraft flying the Orbital Express refueling mission, successfully pumped vital hydrazine fuel into its NextSat

ASTRO satellite hooks spacecraft up with fuel whilst orbiting  -  Apr 8, 2007
engadget,Launching a few birds into space is quite a feat in its own right, but pumping hydrazine fuel into an orbiting counterpart autonomously is really something

Key Stardust Spacecraft Find Questioned  -  Apr 9, 2007
Space Daily,The researchers note the Stardust's rocket thrusters used a propellant of ultra-pure hydrazine, which is also used to make titanium nitride on Earth,

Satellites Mating Via Robotic Arm  -  Apr 8, 2007
SlashdotA week ago, the two satellites were able to link to each other to operate the first transfer of hydrazine fuel from ASTRO's propellant tanks into NextSat.

Autonomous Satellite Refueling  -  Apr 4, 2007
Technocrat.net,..."ASTRO transferred just under 32 pounds (14 kilograms) of hydrazine to the NextSat client, meeting the scenario objective.""..more there.

Boeing Orbital Express Conducts First Autonomous Spacecraft-to ...  -  Apr 19, 2007
Epicos.com (press release),In the ullage recompression demonstration, ASTRO transferred approximately 31.97 lbm (pounds mass) of hydrazine to NextSat, satisfying the objective of 32

Miss Teen cautions youth  -  Apr 22, 2007
Cumberland Times-News,...contained in cigarettes; there is also a long list of chemicals, including formaldehyde, cyanide, lead, acetone, ammonia and hydrazine, among others.

"Liquid Landmine," Qaeda Tool?  -  Apr 20, 2007
Wired NewsIt’s made using extremely toxic, caustic hydrazine and is highly unstable. Its inventor, Gerald Hurst warned some years ago that much of the information

Satellite duo performs space pas de deux  -  Apr 19, 2007
New Scientist (subscription),ASTRO has already used its robotic arm to give a spare battery to NextSat, and the satellite duo has swapped hydrazine fuel, another in-space first.

Robot spacecraft in zero-gee pumping shocker  -  Apr 19, 2007
Register,The NextSat received 32lb of pressurised hydrazine from ASTRO, and a further 17lb by pumping. Rather than (deeply) specialist robot smut,

Key 'Stardust' Spacecraft Discovery May Have Resulted From ...  -  Apr 10, 2007
Science Daily (press release)They point out that Stardust’s rocket thrusters used a propellant of ultra-pure hydrazine, which chemists long have used for the so-called nitration

Health and Science News Roundup  -  Apr 9, 2007
Monsters and Critics.com,The researchers note the Stardust`s rocket thrusters used a propellant of ultra-pure hydrazine, which is also used to make titanium nitride on Earth,

US Robot Satellites Makes History  -  Apr 9, 2007
SatNews Publishers,As part of Scenario 0-1, the first in a series of increasingly challenging tests, Astro transferred just under 32 pounds (14 kilograms) of hydrazine to the

Astronaut Sunita Williams tests Lab-On-a-Chip  -  Apr 6, 2007
iTWire,Future versions will be developed to detect hydrazine, ammonia, and other chemical substances that may harm astronauts and blood, saliva, and urine proteins

Robotic satellite servicer rehearsal underway in orbit  -  Apr 3, 2007
Spaceflight Now,On Sunday, full-scale operations began for Orbital Express as hydrazine fuel was pumped from ASTRO's propellant tanks into NextSat, according to Jan Walker,

DSP Satellites See Aggressive New Chinese Missile Testing  -  Apr 8, 2007
Aviation Week,In 37 years there has only been one complete failure of a DSP spacecraft, on Flight 5 the mid-1970s, due to a hydrazine propellant line rupture.

LANXESS: Hydrazine hydrate facility in Weifang likely to be shut ...  -  Feb 26, 2007
Chemie.de (press release),27 Feb 2007 - LANXESS has halted production of hydrazine hydrate in Weifang, China, following an operational incident. The standstill is likely to last

Lanxess Posts Profit as Pricing Used to Absorb Costs (Update1)  -  Mar 20, 2007
BloombergProfit in the first quarter may be hurt by the closure of a Chinese hydrazine hydrate facility after a defect arose in a production line.

Could a EPU trip indicator flip back?  -  Mar 16, 2007
F-16.netHydrazine crew, diversion of other planes, comin back from the mission. Nothing was found and I got grilled for making the false alarm, as the indicator was

NASA agrees to pay $124297 in environmental penalties  -  Mar 2, 2007
Phoenix Business Journal,NASA generates spent solvents, ignitable wastes and waste containing the rocket propellant hydrazine at the site. The agreement requires NASA to pay the

New spacecraft fuel gauge may reduce space junk  -  Feb 26, 2007
Digital Silence,The key to knowing when to move it, though, is accurately gauging how much hydrazine fuel is left: ditch the craft too soon and a multimillion dollar

'Mechanic' satellite suffers guidance system glitch  -  Mar 15, 2007
New Scientist (subscription),ASTRO will also try to perform the first ever in-space refuelling when it attempts to fill NextSat with hydrazine fuel in one of its first tests set for

INSAT-4B orbit raised  -  Mar 13, 2007
Hindu,The liquid apogee motor uses mono-methyl hydrazine as fuel. The oxidiser is mixed oxides of nitrogen. ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre at Valiamala

Satellite Repair Robot Launched into Orbit  -  Mar 13, 2007
Robots.net,The first is the refueling and servicing robot called ASTRO, which is loaded with 300 pounds of hydrazine propellent and includes a manipulator arm and

LIVE: Ariane 5 to launch with Skynet 5A and INSAT 4B satellites  -  Mar 10, 2007
NASASpaceflight.com,The apogee motor uses Mono Methyl Hydrazine (MMH) as fuel and Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen (MON-3) as oxidizer. INSAT 4B has two deployable solar panels,

Repair robot heads for space  -  Mar 9, 2007
CNNThe servicing craft, called ASTRO -- an acronym for Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations -- is filled with about 300 pounds of hydrazine propellant

'Mechanic' satellite blasts off successfully  -  Mar 9, 2007
New Scientist (subscription),While docked, ASTRO will essentially act like a mechanic and filling station for NextSat, transferring hydrazine fuel to the target satellite.

Prototype satellites poised for launch  -  Mar 8, 2007
MSNBC...the ASTRO servicing satellite is a 2100-pound (952-kilogram) vehicle laden with 300 pounds (136 kilograms) of hydrazine propellant and measuring about

Satellite repair robot launches from Florida  -  Mar 8, 2007
Khaleej Times,The servicing craft, called ASTRO -- an acronym for Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations -- is filled with about 300 pounds (136 kg) of hydrazine

NASA to pay $124297 in hazardous waste dispute  -  Mar 2, 2007
Santa Fe New Mexican,NASA-generated waste at the White Sands site includes spent solvents, ignitable wastes and wastes that contain the rocket propellant hydrazine.

NASA agrees to pay $124297  -  Mar 2, 2007
Las Cruces Sun-News,NASA generates various waste at the site, including spent solvents, ignitable wastes, and waste containing hydrazine — a rocket propellant.

ONLINE UPDATE: NASA and state environment department reach agreement  -  Mar 1, 2007
Las Cruces Sun-News,...wastes, and waste containing hydrazine, a rocket propellant. Petty said two samples are required to be sent to the Environment Department on fluorescent

Fuel Drain Delays Shuttle Atlantis Rollback  -  Mar 1, 2007
Local6.com,The off-loading operation involves draining nitrogen tetroxide and monomethyl hydrazine from storage tanks that feed the shuttle's twin maneuvering engines

Historic Satellite Launch Successful  -  Feb 22, 2007
All American Patriots (press release),The probes are expected to utilize their hydrazine propulsion system in September 2007 to reach their final, tightly- choreographed orbits that will allow

Students speak out: Don't light up  -  Feb 10, 2007
Blue Springs Examiner,These include arsenic that's used in rat poison, arsenic acid used in hair dye and photo developer, benzene found in rubber cement, hydrazine used in jet

Newsflash: Driving With Your Window Open Causes Skin Cancer  -  Feb 4, 2007
American Chronicle,...hepatitis B virus, hexachlorbutadiene, hexachlorethane, high bone mass, HPMA, HRT, hydrazine, hydrogen peroxide, incense, infertility, jewellery,

Next Mars lander, Phoenix, will dig into icy surface  -  Feb 2, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,...its final target after a nine-month flight across a million miles of space by blasting three sets of thrusters fueled with pure hydrazine to slow down.

Characteristics of Nanosized Nickel Particles  -  Jan 17, 2007
HULIQ,Nickel nanoparticles can be synthesized from NiCl2.6H2O by hydrazine in alkaline solution in the presence of poly-acrylic acid (PAA) served as protective

Converting Nitrogen to a More Useful Form  -  Jan 10, 2007
Chemie.de (press release),By using an organosilicon compound, the cores of the hafnocene complexes can be released - in the form of a silicon-containing organic hydrazine derivative.

Discovery would have been ok at WSSH  -  Dec 26, 2006
NASASpaceflight.com,...'Results: Using forecast -5 degrees F indicates no issue for water and hydrazine lines. Subsystem heater models with no power show very little time to limit

Breaking Nitrogen's Three-Handed Clasp  -  Jan 17, 2007
Science Now,Further chemical additions allowed the researchers to create a type of hydrazine, a common starting material for making a wide range of chemical compounds,

XCOR successful in firing of thrust rocket engine  -  Jan 17, 2007
Los Angeles Daily News,...for special ground-handling procedures associated with traditional - and dangerous - nitrogen tetroxide and monomethyl hydrazine propulsion systems.

Discovery set for triumphant return  -  Dec 21, 2006
NASASpaceflight.com,Another memo, from the MMT, emphasized the issues relating to Discovery's thrusters and hydrazine/water lines. 'Northrup Discussion - KSC ground operations

STS-51L - The ultimate field trip  -  Jan 9, 2007
NASASpaceflight.com,...controllers to use three-quarters of the satellite?s precious hydrazine fuel to limp into the correct slot and reduced its operational lifespan.

Weather could force shuttle landing detour  -  Dec 20, 2006
New Scientist (subscription),...the orbiter could be exposed to low temperatures that would increase the chances of leaking thrusters and freezing hydrazine/water lines."

Discovery would have been ok at WSSH  -  27 Dec 2006
NASASpaceflight.com,NASA presentation titled 'Impacts of Cold Weather upon Landing at WSSH,' which evaluated the potential of damage to Discovery's water and hydrazine lines from ...

Discovery set for triumphant return  -  Dec 21, 2006
NASASpaceflight.com,...weather.'. Another memo, from the MMT, emphasized the issues relating to Discovery's thrusters and hydrazine/water lines. 'Northrup ...

Weather could force shuttle landing detour  -  Dec 20, 2006
New Scientist (subscription),...remain at Northrup, the orbiter could be exposed to low temperatures that would increase the chances of leaking thrusters and freezing hydrazine/water lines.". ...

Cancer rate no higher at Edison plant  -  Dec 9, 2006
Port Huron Times Herald,Employees and retirees of DTE Energy's Bell River Plant were told this week there is no connection between hydrazine contamination at the plant and cancer in ...

Study: No illness link at Belle River Power Plant  -  Dec 9, 2006
San Jose Mercury News,Employees and retirees who worked at Detroit Edison Co.'s Belle River Power Plant have been told there is no connection between hydrazine contamination at ...

Heavy-Lift Helicopter Inspires NASA’s New Mars Lander  -  Nov 29, 2006
Space.com...and hazard avoidance system that should be better than any NASA has ever flown, and more powerful, throttle-able versions of Viking’s hydrazine thrusters, he ...

Federal agency discussing details of Belle River Power Plant study  -  Dec 8, 2006
WZZM,The investigation was opened in 2002 to see if there was any correlation between the hydrazine contamination of the plant's drinking water and cancer rates ...

Study: No Illness Link At Belle River Power Plant  -  Dec 9, 2006
WDIV,Representatives from the Centers for Disease Control agency reported findings from its investigation and answered questions about hydrazine contamination at ...

Cancer Facts (Part 2)  -  Dec 7, 2006
Rocklin and Roseville Today,It uses hydrazine sulfate to block the enzyme phosphoenylpyruvate carboxylase in the liver which is responsible for this process -thereby inhibiting the ...

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