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Blue Origin rocket test will monitor capsule access by humans
Apr 14, 2021 (UPI)
Liftoff is planned for 11:15 a.m. EDT from the company's spaceport near Van Horn, about 120 miles southeast of El Paso. The mission, called NS-15, is "a verific...
Roscosmos has lost several contracts for satellite launches due to 'mean' US sanctions
Apr 13, 2021 (Sputnik)
"I am aware of several similar situations when the customers would like to use our rockets but were forced to refuse because of the mean US sanctions. This happ...
NASA working around valve issue to complete testing of Artemis
Apr 11, 2021 (UPI)
The tests have been delayed due to a valve issue with the rocket's upper stage, agency officials said Monday, but they will be working around it -- by not fully...
Rocket Lab to recover Electron Booster on next mission
Apr 11, 2021 (SPX)
The complex mission is the next major step toward making Electron the first orbital-class reusable small launch vehicle, enabling rapid-turnaround launches for ...
Coverage set for NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 Briefings, Events, Broadcasts
Apr 11, 2021 (SPX)
The launch, on a Falcon 9 rocket, is targeted for 6:11 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 22, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew ...
DLR is creating the rocket fuels of the future
Apr 09, 2021 (SPX)
"Choosing the correct chemical components is vital if we are to meet the strict requirements for new types of fuels," says Dominic Freudenmann, Head of the Chem...
Ariane 6 pre-flight 'plumbing' tests
Apr 09, 2021 (ESA)
On the launch pad, engineers are installing the steel mini-mast structures that will protect the liquid oxygen cryogenic connection systems that feed the lower ...
First all-private mission docks with ISS
Apr 09, 2021 (UPI)
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavor docked at the ISS at 8:29 a.m. EDT and astronauts entered the orbital outpost at 10:13 a.m. The docking process was held up for ab...
NASA certifies new launch control system for Artemis I
Apr 09, 2021 (SPX)
That computer software and hardware - called the spacecraft command and control system (SCCS) - is now certified for use on Artemis I. Shawn Quinn, director of ...
SpaceX launches first private astronaut mission to ISS
Apr 08, 2021 (UPI)
The Ax-1 mission is scheduled to lift off at 11:17 a.m. EDT on a previously flown Falcon 9 rocket that will launch from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center i...
Early combined tests mimic Ariane 6 liftoff
Apr 07, 2021 (ESA)
These tests are part of the critical path towards the first flight of Europe's new Ariane 6 launch vehicle. They validate the interfaces and mechanical behaviou...
RS-25 rocket engines return to launch Artemis missions
Apr 07, 2021 (SPX)
As the space shuttle main engine, the RS-25 has a proven record of launching 135 missions spanning over three decades. At the end of the shuttle program in 2011...
SpaceX completes static fire test ahead of first private astronaut mission to ISS
Apr 06, 2021 (UPI)
The mission, dubbed Axiom-1, will see a crew of four citizens strap into a Crew Dragon capsule and blast off on a 10-day flight where they will conduct a number...
Amazon strikes deals with 3 rocket firms for Kuiper satellite launches
Apr 05, 2021 (UPI)
The tech giant has up to 83 launches planned over five years for its Project Kuiper Internet satellites. Its aim is to make high-speed, low-latency broadband se...
Axiom set to launch, next NASA moon rocket to wait a little longer for testing
Apr 05, 2021 (UPI)
"We'll fall in behind [Axiom]," Jim Free, NASA's associate administrator for exploration systems development, said Tuesday at an Artemis briefing at the 37th an...
Axiom-1 targets Friday for ISS launch after NASA delays moon rocket test
Apr 04, 2021 (UPI)
If all goes as planned, a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket will ferry four private citizens, strapped inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, to the space station....
Florida rocket company rebrands, plans bigger rocket
Apr 01, 2021 (UPI)
Rocket Crafters - now called Vaya - is one of many new companies pursuing new rockets considered small or medium, and far less powerful than SpaceX's Falcon 9. ...
SpaceX to test-fire rocket ahead of Axiom-1 private astronaut mission
Apr 01, 2021 (UPI)
The test, dubbed a static fire test, is a routine part of prelaunch procedures. All nine of the Falcon's Merlin 1D engines will briefly fire up as the rocket is...
Gilmour Space to launch Fleet satellites in 2023
Mar 31, 2021 (SPX)
"We have signed a contract to launch six Fleet Space Centauri nanosatellites on our Eris rockets in 2023," said Adam Gilmour, the CEO of Gilmour Space, which is...
SpaceX introduces final members of all-civilian Inspiration4 crew
Mar 30, 2021 (UPI)
Sian Proctor, an entrepreneur, educator and trained pilot, and Christopher Sembroski, a Lockheed Martin employee and U.S. Air Force veteran, will join the four-...
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