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SpaceX Starship rocket explodes again after test flight

Mar 30, 2021 (UPI)

As with previous test flights, SpaceX flew Starship - model SN11 - to over 6 miles high above the launch facility about 180 miles south of Corpus Christi. The r...

SpaceX Starship rocket test ends in another failure: Musk

Mar 30, 2021 (AFP)

"At least the crater is in the right place!" he joked, in acknowledging the fourth failed test of the prototype. "Something significant happened shortly after l...

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-...

SpaceX Starship test flight fails

Mar 29, 2021 (UPI)

Company CEO Elon Musk posted on Twitter that Monday's flight was called off because a federal inspector couldn't reach the remote site in time. Musk calls it St...

ESA boost for UK space transportation initiatives

Mar 26, 2021 (ESA)

ESA has awarded 7.45m euro of co-funding to Orbex and its partners, and 3m euro to Skyrora. Boost! - ESA's Commercial Space Transportation Services and support ...

Processing begins with the Pleiades Neo 3 satellite for Arianespace's next Vega launch

Mar 26, 2021 (SPX)

Produced by Airbus Defence and Space, Pleiades Neo 3 arrived yesterday at Felix Eboue Airport near Cayenne, then traveled by road to the Spaceport to begin its ...

SpaceX aims to nail landing of Starship on fourth attempt

Mar 26, 2021 (UPI)

The rocket company had filed for "no-fly" notices during daylight hours from Friday through Monday around the SpaceX launch facility in the community about 180 ...

All-private Axiom mission to ISS could launch as early as April 3

Mar 25, 2021 (UPI)

The Ax-1 mission passed its flight readiness review, representatives from NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX -- which is providing a Falcon 9 rocket to launch the mis...

SpaceX launches 56 Starlink satellites from Florida

Mar 24, 2021 (UPI)

The satellites were carried into low-Earth orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket which lifted off at 11:43 a.m. EDT. The reusable first stage booster separated shortly...

EUMETSAT and Arianespace confirm deal to launch of two Meteosat satellites with Ariane 6

Mar 24, 2021 (SPX)

This updated agreement follows EUMETSAT's signature, during December 2020, of the "joint statement on the institutional exploitation of Ariane 6 and Vega C" in ...

Space X's Crew-4 Dragon capsule named 'Freedom'

Mar 24, 2021 (UPI)

The fourth Dragon mission to carry astronauts is set to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station on April 19. The m...

SpaceX launch sends 23rd Starlink communications satellite cluster

Mar 24, 2021 (UPI)

Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellites occurred at Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The weather was cooperative for the 23rd St...

FAA streamlined launch and reentry rule takes effect

Mar 23, 2021 (SPX)

"Innovation in commercial space transportation is increasing dramatically, and policy needs to keep up. This rule will help us to prepare for future U.S. leader...

India wants to win share of in Heavy Lift market from SpaceX

Mar 23, 2021 (Sputnik)

India's state owned NewSpace India Ltd (NSIL) has prepared to compete with global firms like SpaceX in the heavy satellite launch business as it is offering its...

All 38 satellites launched on Russia's Soyuz reach orbit: Roscosmos

Mar 23, 2021 (Sputnik)

"Separation of 33 satellites has taken place," Rogozin said, adding that five satellites were placed in orbit earlier. The rocket was launched from the Baikonur...

Rocket Lab launches 100th satellite

Mar 23, 2021 (SPX)

The mission launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula at 22:30, March 22, 2021 UTC, successfully deploying an Earth-observation...

Virgin Orbit to bring small staff back to work on Thursday

Mar 22, 2021 (UPI)

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, Virgin Orbit Holdings said it would begin an "incremental resumption of its operations" that...

Relativity Space counts down to third launch attempt for 3D-printed rocket

Mar 22, 2021 (UPI)

The rocket Terran 1 is scheduled to liftoff from Launch Complex-16 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during a three-hour window, which opens at 10...

Successful test for NASA's giant Moon rocket

Mar 19, 2021 (AFP)

The second "hot fire" test saw all four of the rocket's RS-25 engines fire simultaneously at 4:40 pm Eastern time (2040 GMT) for the full duration of eight minu...

Arianespace signs with Avio for 10 additional Vega C launchers

Mar 19, 2021 (SPX)

This agreement kicks off the procurement of long lead-time items and the initial activities for the production of 10 new launchers, to be delivered from 2023. A...