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GEM 63XL rocket motors will help launch ULA's Vulcan Centaur rocket
Jan 22, 2021 (SPX)
"This new motor optimizes our best-in-class technologies and leverages flight-proven solid rocket propulsion designs to provide our customers with the most reli...
Nanosatellite thruster emits pure ions
Jan 22, 2021 (SPX)
The nanosatellite thruster created by MIT researchers is the first of its kind to be entirely additively manufactured, using a combination of 3D printing and hy...
Framework agreement facilitates future slot bookings by ESA
Jan 22, 2021 (SPX)
The first payload mission is ESA's Exobiology Platform (EXPO). This facility carries a set of radiation experiments aimed at better understanding the evolution ...
New Year, New Record for Australia's Gilmour Space
Jan 20, 2021 (SPX)
"We achieved a record 91 kilonewtons (or 9 tonnes-force) of thrust in this initial verification test of our main engine," said Adam Gilmour, CEO and co-founder ...
Florida's Space Coast the Number 1 Launch Site in the World in 2020
Jan 20, 2021 (SPX)
In 2020, 31 successful attempts flew from Florida's Space Coast surpassing the record in 1966 of 29 successful launches out of 31 orbital attempts and two subor...
SpaceX launches first Starlink satellite mission of 2021
Jan 20, 2021 (UPI)
The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off as planned at 8:02 a.m. EST into a cool, blue winter sky from Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center. The satellites deployed into th...
NASA's moon rocket roars to life during shortened test-firing
Jan 18, 2021 (UPI)
The 212-foot-high core stage of the rocket roared to life at 5:27 p.m. at the John C. Stennis Space Center. The test created huge clouds of steam as 300 gallons...
SpaceX plans to launch 2,000th Starlink satellite from Florida
Jan 18, 2021 (UPI)
Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for 7:04 p.m. EST from Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Only 1,741 of the broadband Internet communications sate...
NASA's moon rocket roars to life during shortened test-firing
Jan 18, 2021 (UPI)
The 212-foot-high core stage of the rocket roared to life at 5:27 p.m. at the John C. Stennis Space Center. The test created huge clouds of steam as 300 gallons...
Virgin Orbit rocket reaches orbit, satellites deployed
Jan 17, 2021 (UPI)
The rocket soared into space at 2:40 p.m. EST after the company's Cosmic Girl aircraft, a modified Boeing 747-400, released it from beneath a wing. "Payloads su...
NASA test of mega Moon rocket engines cut short
Jan 17, 2021 (AFP)
The "hot-fire" test at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi was supposed to last a little over eight minutes -- the time the engines would burn in flight -- ...
Branson's Virgin Orbit reaches space for first time
Jan 17, 2021 (AFP)
It was the company's second attempt at the feat after a failed test in May. "LauncherOne has reached orbit! Everyone on the team who is not in mission control r...
SpaceX CRS-21 safely splashes down off the coast of Florida for first time
Jan 15, 2021 (SPX)
More than 30 payloads sponsored by the ISS U.S. National Laboratory were a part of this return mission, leveraging the expanded cargo features allotted by the u...
Virgin Orbit targets Sunday for LauncherOne mission from California
Jan 15, 2021 (UPI)
The mission is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. PST when Virgin's Cosmic Girl aircraft, a modified Boeing 747, takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port 90 miles no...
Cargo Dragon undocks from Station and heads for splashdown
Jan 13, 2021 (SPX)
It is the first undocking of a U.S. commercial cargo craft from the complex. Previous cargo Dragon spacecraft were attached and removed from the space station u...
China makes progress in developing rocket engines for space missions
Jan 13, 2021 (XNA)
According to the state-owned satellite and rocket maker, progress has been made in key technologies for a hydrogen/oxygen high-thrust staged combustion cycle en...
Exotrail aims for more in orbit space mobility
Jan 13, 2021 (SPX)
Small satellite constellations will now be able to quickly change their orbit once in space, giving new capabilities for satellite operators: more flexibility i...
Rolls-Royce and UK Space Agency launch study into nuclear-powered space exploration
Jan 12, 2021 (SPX)
This new research contract will see planetary scientists work together to explore the game-changing potential of nuclear power as a more plentiful source of ene...
DARPA's Operational Fires Ground-Launched Hypersonics program enters new phase
Jan 12, 2021 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control was awarded this new contract modification after leading a successful Phase 3a integrated system preliminary design re...
Rolls-Royce and UK Space Agency launch study into nuclear-powered space exploration
Jan 12, 2021 (SPX)
This new research contract will see planetary scientists work together to explore the game-changing potential of nuclear power as a more plentiful source of ene...
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