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SpaceX launches four astronauts to ISS on Sunday
Nov 15, 2020 (AFP)
Three Americans -- Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker -- and Japan's Soichi Noguchi will blast off at 7:27 pm Sunday (0027 GMT Monday) from the K...
SpaceX completes Falcon 9 static fire test for Crew Dragon launch
Nov 13, 2020 (SPX)
Standing on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the rocket's nine Merlin first-stage engines were fired for 7 ...
Apollo Fusion to propel Spaceflight's orbital Sherpa-LTE
Nov 13, 2020 (SPX)
As ACE systems are able to generate more than 6 kilometers per second of delta-V, Sherpa-LTE now has the capability to deliver customers to GEO, Cislunar, or Ea...
Tesla's Elon Musk tests positive -- and negative -- for virus
Nov 13, 2020 (AFP)
In a series of tweets early Friday, Musk said he had conflicting results from rapid "antigen" tests for Covid-19 after he had "mild sniffles & cough & slight fe...
Spaceflight unveils propulsive orbital transfer vehicles for custom orbital destinations
Nov 13, 2020 (SPX)
Its first, Sherpa-FX, will fly on a fully dedicated rideshare mission with SpaceX, dubbed SXRS-3 by Spaceflight, no earlier than December 2020. The next two ESP...
NIST designs a prototype fuel gauge for orbit
Nov 13, 2020 (SPX)
This behavior has made fuel quantity in satellites difficult to pin down, but a new prototype fuel gauge engineered at the National Institute of Standards and T...
NASA, SpaceX delay launch of four astronauts into space to Sunday
Nov 13, 2020 (UPI)
Liftoff on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket now is planned for 7:27 p.m. EST from Kennedy Space Center, with NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Wal...
Russian operator confirms launch date for South Korean satellite from Baikonur
Nov 12, 2020 (Sputnik)
A Sputnik source in the rocket and space industry said the launch was scheduled for March 20. A contract on manufacturing, adapting and delivering the Fregat bo...
NASA and SpaceX complete certification of first human-rated commercial space system
Nov 11, 2020 (SPX)
"I'm extremely proud to say we are returning regular human spaceflight launches to American soil on an American rocket and spacecraft," said NASA Administrator ...
Calspan and Stratolaunch Join Forces on Testing of Talon-A Hypersonic Testbed
Nov 11, 2020 (SPX)
"Calspan is proud to continue our work with Stratolaunch and to provide them with data essential to understanding the performance of their Talon-A hypersonic te...
Draper signs agreement to provide support for Stratolaunch's hypersonic vehicle
Nov 11, 2020 (SPX)
"As with Draper's past contributions to the U.S. space program, Draper's engineers are proud to develop a key component of Stratolaunch's hypersonic vehicle- gu...
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rolls Out for Saturday Launch
Nov 11, 2020 (SPX)
NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as par...
Reusability tech set to help carrier rocket blast off in 2025
Nov 10, 2020 (XNA)
Wu Yansheng, chairman of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's leading space contractor, said at a recent technology forum in Chengdu, Sich...
NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts Touch Down at Florida Spaceport
Nov 10, 2020 (SPX)
NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), landed via plane...
Private rocket puts satellite into orbit
Nov 10, 2020 (XNA)
The CERES 1, designed and built by Beijing-based space startup Galactic Energy, made its debut flight on Saturday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in No...
NASA certifies SpaceX to carry humans, OKs space station mission
Nov 10, 2020 (UPI)
Elon Musk's company plans to launch its Crew Dragon capsule, which its four passengers have called Resilience, aloft atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space C...
Long March 6 deploys 10 Argentine satellites
Nov 09, 2020 (XNA)
The rocket also carried three small Chinese satellites, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, a State-owned space contractor. The Long March...
UK takes significant step towards launch capability
Nov 09, 2020 (SPX)
Space launch from UK soil has moved closer to reality with the drawing to a close of the spaceport and spaceflight regulatory consultation carried out by the UK...
PSLV launches EOS-01 and nine customer satellites from Sriharikota
Nov 09, 2020 (SPX)
PSLV-C49 lifted-off at 1511 Hrs (IST), after a delay of nine minutes because of inclement weather conditions observed during countdown. After 15 minutes and 20 ...
China's commercial rocket CERES-1 completes maiden flight
Nov 09, 2020 (XNA)
The rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 3:12 p.m. (Beijing Time). Developed by the Beijing-based high-tech company...
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