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ENPULSION launches its new MICRO family of satellite thrusters
Oct 11, 2020 (SPX)
It can be launched safely on any rocket as it contains no pressure vessels or energetic chemical. The thruster and propellant are all contained in a 14x12x10 cm...
Final hot firing proves P120C booster for Ariane 6
Oct 11, 2020 (ESA)
Advanced features make this new motor a pivotal achievement of European industry. It is an example of innovative thinking and optimisation that allows Europe to...
NASA, SpaceX Crew-1 Launch Update
Oct 11, 2020 (SPX)
"We have a strong working relationship with our SpaceX partner," said Kathy Lueders, associate administrator of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission ...
Fate of SpaceX resort thrown into question
Oct 11, 2020 (Sputnik)
NASA Student Launch program selects 46 teams
Oct 08, 2020 (SPX)
The eight-month challenge, managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, provides a realistic experience for middle school, high school...
Testing a fiery reentry at DLR
Oct 08, 2020 (SPX)
Their goal was to better understand how satellites burn up during reentry, to minimise the risk of endangering anyone on the ground. Taking place as part of ESA...
ISRO plans to launch new rocket before Dec 2020
Oct 08, 2020 (IANS)
He also said necessary tests to check its biggest motor - booster motor fired by solid fuel - will be done in November. "The SSLV launch will be from the first ...
Elon Musk commends Russia's Roscosmos for working on reusable space rocket
Oct 07, 2020 (Sputnik)
Elon Musk wrote in a Twitter reply, recommending to set an aim for "full reusability". Reusability is the hottest trend of the space rocket manufacturing now. I...
Aerojet Rocketdyne' new Large Solid Rocket Motor Facility opens
Oct 07, 2020 (SPX)
"The Engineering, Manufacturing and Development facility is the newest, state-of-the-art large solid rocket motor manufacturing facility in the nation, and we l...
NASA runs eight-part core stage Green Run Test for SLS
Oct 07, 2020 (SPX)
The 212-foot-tall core stage has two huge propellant tanks that collectively hold more than 733,000 gallons of propellant to fuel four RS-25 engines at the bott...
Georgia Southern University Shows Massive Tourism Boom for Spaceport Camden
Oct 07, 2020 (SPX)
CBAER estimates that 38 to 45 jobs connected to tourism and hospitality would be supported long-term by the project as well. While there would be some additiona...
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites after string of scrubs
Oct 07, 2020 (SPX)
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off about 7:30 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Multiple previous launches had been postponed since...
Earth-imaging and scientific payloads arrive for Arianespace's Vega mission in November
Oct 05, 2020 (SPX)
The Vega's mission with these satellites is designated Flight VV17 in Arianespace's launcher family numbering system, and is scheduled for liftoff in November. ...
Elon Musk to visit 2 SpaceX launch sites in Florida following tech scrubs
Oct 05, 2020 (Sputnik)
Elon Musk will visit two SpaceX launch sites soon - one at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and the other at Kennedy Space Center - according to tweets he poste...
SpaceX aborts GPS satellite launch from Florida
Oct 02, 2020 (UPI)
The satellite was to carried aloft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 9:43 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station -- the company's third G...
SpaceX aborts Starlink satellite launch attempt
Oct 01, 2020 (UPI)
The company didn't elaborate on the cause of the abort and didn't immediately set a new launch time and date. "There's a thousand ways that a launch can go wron...
AgniKul Cosmos partners with Alaska Aerospace to launch from the Pacific Spaceport Complex
Sep 30, 2020 (SPX)
Under the agreement, Alaska Aerospace and Agnikul will work together to secure regulatory approvals such as US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) launch lice...
NASA, SpaceX to launch first Commercial Crew rotation mission to International Space Station
Sep 30, 2020 (SPX)
NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are set to launch to the spa...
Six-month mission will test limits of SpaceX Dragon, astronauts say
Sep 30, 2020 (UPI)
The Crew Dragon is expected to lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:40 a.m. that day -- the first capsule in history to carry four people. The pre...
Gryphon Technologies wins $14M DARPA task order to support the DRACO program
Sep 30, 2020 (SPX)
Specifically, Gryphon will support the development and demonstration of a High-Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU) Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system. The n...
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