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China's Long March rocket has world's highest success rate: expert
Jun 25, 2021 (XNA)
Long Lehao, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a chief designer of Long March rockets, said the rocket series have completed 375 launches ...
Operational Fires Program completes successful rocket engine tests
Jun 22, 2021 (SPX)
This high-performance, solid-fuel "throttleable" rocket motor can be turned off before burning through all of its fuel, potentially allowing a missile to hit ta...
Turkey invites Russia to take part in construction of country's spaceport
Jun 18, 2021 (Sputnik)
Russia is invited to participate in the development and construction of a Turkish spaceport in an as-yet unspecified equatorial country, Turkish Space Agency ch...
Boost for UK space sector as new facility offers cheaper and greener rocket testing
Jun 18, 2021 (SPX)
Based at the Westcott Space Cluster in Aylesbury Vale Enterprise Zone, the new National Space Propulsion Test Facility (NSPTF), which received 4 million pounds ...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches for its 13th time, a record for the company
Jun 17, 2021 (UPI)
The rocket took off from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, with the first stage sticking a successful return and landing at the Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship ...
Debris from carrier rocket drop safely
Jun 16, 2021 (XNA)
According to analysis of tracking data, most of the debris burned out during the atmospheric re-entry that started around 4:49 pm, the agency said in a brief st...
NASA, SpaceX Update Crew Launch and Return Dates
Jun 15, 2021 (SPX)
NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 mission now is targeting launch no earlier than Sunday, Oct. 31, with NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron and ESA (E...
NASA pursues greener, more efficient spacecraft propulsion
Jun 14, 2021 (UPI)
The rapid expansion of private spaceflight, along with planned missions to the moon and Mars, has prompted a need for easier handling of spacecraft and their fu...
China launches four satellites with Long March-2D rocket
Jun 14, 2021 (XNA)
The satellites Beijing-3 (BJ-3), HISEA-2 (HS-2), Yangwang-1 (YW-1) and Tianjian (TJ) were launched by a Long March-2D rocket at 11:03 a.m. (Beijing Time). Devel...
FAA requires SpaceX to make environmental changes to Starbase in Texas
Jun 13, 2021 (UPI)
Elon Musk's SpaceX must obtain either an experimental permit or a vehicle operator license from the FAA for Starship and Super Heavy launch operations from the ...
Launch of competition for young people to help make UK spaceflight history
Jun 10, 2021 (SPX)
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps was at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall today to announce the contest, which is looking for nanosatellite designs that can h...
Scientists identify distinctive deep infrasound rumbles of space launches
Jun 10, 2021 (SPX)
New research used a system for monitoring nuclear tests to track the infrasound from 1,001 rocket launches. The research identified the distinctive sounds from ...
SpaceX Cargo Dragon truck docks at Space Station
Jun 09, 2021 (SPX)
This 22nd contracted resupply mission for SpaceX delivers the new ISS Roll-out Solar Arrays (iROSA) to the space station in the trunk of the Dragon spacecraft. ...
SpaceX launches Nilesat 301 satellite, recovers Falcon 9 first stage
Jun 08, 2021 (UPI)
Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying a Nilesat 301 satellite at 5:04 p.m. on Wednesday. The rocket's first stage boo...
China tests new parachute system for rocket boosters
Jun 08, 2021 (XNA)
The system was tested on June 3 when the meteorological satellite Fengyun-4B was sent into a geostationary orbit via a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xic...
SpaceX's night-time launch sends SiriusXM satellite into orbit
Jun 08, 2021 (UPI)
The satellite, known as SXM-8, was lifted aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 12:26 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch,...
SpaceX plans to launch another SiriusXM satellite Sunday
Jun 04, 2021 (UPI)
The satellite, known as SXM-8, is prepared for liftoff aboard a Falcon 9 rocket during a nearly two-hour window starting at 12:25 a.m. EDT from Complex 40 at Ca...
Axiom Space signs with SpaceX for 3 more private crew missions to ISS
Jun 03, 2021 (SPX)
"We are beyond excited to build upon our partnership with Axiom to help make human spaceflight more accessible for more people," said SpaceX President and COO G...
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches cargo to space station
Jun 03, 2021 (UPI)
The 7,300-pound cargo mission rose into a mostly cloudy sky aboard a Falcon 9 rocket as planned at 1:29 p.m. EDT from Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Eight...
California prepares for more West Coast space launches
Jun 01, 2021 (UPI)
Vandenberg has never been as busy as the primary U.S. spaceports in Florida -- Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. But now SpaceX and s...
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