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NASA Awards Venture Class Launch Services Demonstration 2 Contract
Dec 14, 2020 (SPX)
+ Astra Space Inc. of Alameda, California: $3.9 million + Relativity Space Inc. of Long Beach, California: $3.0 million + Firefly Black LLC of Cedar Park, Texas...
Russia stages 'successful' second launch of new rocket
Dec 14, 2020 (AFP)
Space agency Roscosmos announced that the next-generation Angara-A5 rocket had been successfully launched with a mock payload from Plesetsk in northern Russia a...
SpaceX launches satellite for SiriusXM from Florida
Dec 13, 2020 (UPI)
SpaceX had originally targeted the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket for 11:22 a.m. Sunday but pushed it back until 12:30 p.m., which was "optimized for launch and ...
Virgin Galactic spacecraft forced to abort test flight
Dec 12, 2020 (AFP)
Richard Branson's space tourism company, which is preparing for commercial flights next year, was testing its customer cabin, horizontal stabilizers and flight ...
Insulation for Ariane 6 launcher: Heat Protection against up to 1,500 degrees Celsius
Dec 10, 2020 (SPX)
The new high-temperature insulation for Ariane 6 consists of ceramic felts and fabrics. It protects some components of the rocket engines of the launcher. "On i...
SpaceX's 'Starship' rocket prototype explodes during vertical landing maneuver
Dec 10, 2020 (Sputnik)
A Wednesday test flight of the new SN8 rocket ended disastrously when a momentary engine malfunction caused the rocket to plummet into the ground and explode. "...
US developing new nuclear systems to power space missions, new bases, Energy Chief Says
Dec 10, 2020 (Sputnik)
The Energy Department had created closer ties than ever before with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to empower and speed up its program...
Space Force studies idea of national spaceport authority
Dec 10, 2020 (UPI)
"A future spaceport authority would ideally be able to address the needs of all consumers to include national security and civil customers," said Space Force Ma...
Orbex secures $24M in funding round for UK space launch
Dec 10, 2020 (SPX)
BGF and Octopus Ventures have joined existing investors High-Tech Grunderfonds, Heartcore Capital and Elecnor S.A. - parent company of the multi-national space ...
Arianespace to orbit on a Vega C launcher the CO3D constellation, jointly developed by CNES and Airbus
Dec 09, 2020 (SPX)
Arianespace Chief Executive Officer Stephane Israel and Philippe Pham, Senior Vice President - Head of Earth Observation, Navigation and Science at Airbus, repo...
China to build new production base for solid rockets
Dec 07, 2020 (XNA)
The base will be able to produce 20 solid rockets annually, including Smart Dragon series carrier rockets, upon its completion, according to the company. The pr...
SpaceX's first upgraded cargo Dragon capsule docks at space station
Dec 07, 2020 (UPI)
The docking marked the first time in history that two privately owned spacecraft have been attached to the space station. The cargo vessel joined Resilience, Sp...
SpaceX's Falcon 9 lifts off, en route to International Space Station
Dec 07, 2020 (UPI)
The private company's launch was scheduled for Saturday morning, but was delayed because of poor weather in the area designated for recovery of the first-stage ...
EcoRocket to Compete for a 10 million Euros Prize
Dec 03, 2020 (SPX)
The reusable EcoRocket has a capability of 10kg to Low Earth Orbit and it's ARCA's answer to the European Commission's 10 million Euros prize that aims to stimu...
Chinese scientists test prototype hypersonic aircraft engine to go anywhere in 2 hours
Dec 03, 2020 (Sputnik)
According to the South China Morning Post, the revolutionary new engine is a standing oblique detonation ramjet (Sodramjet) design, with no moving parts, using ...
EUMETSAT confirms the choice of Arianespace's European launchers for its future missions
Dec 03, 2020 (SPX)
In this framework, Arianespace and EUMETSAT will consolidate the launch planning for Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) and Metop-SG satellites, which already are ...
SpaceX Falcon 9 and Cargo Dragon Prepare for Rollout
Dec 03, 2020 (SPX)
The first launch for SpaceX under NASA's second Commercial Resupply Services contract, CRS-21 is scheduled to lift off from Kennedy's Launch Complex 39A on Satu...
NASA Building Core Stages for Second, Third Artemis Flights
Dec 03, 2020 (SPX)
All the main core stage structures for Artemis II, the first mission with astronauts, have been built and are being outfitted with electronics, feedlines, propu...
NewRocket introduces a New Generation of Space Engines
Dec 01, 2020 (SPX)
The company's solutions are suited for satellites across all size categories and other in-space applications, enabling high energy orbital transfer and maneuver...
NASA awards contract for flight and integration services
Dec 01, 2020 (SPX)
The new IDIQ base contract awards run through July 31, 2023, and have no options. The multiple award contracts are firm-fixed-price orders with a total combined...
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