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NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission nears completion
Aug 24, 2020 (SPX)
In a little over a year since launch, NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) successfully proved a never-before-used propellant and propulsion system w...
Skyrora's Skylark Micro rocket launches from Iceland
Aug 19, 2020 (SPX)
The launch is part of Skyrora's de-risking program leading up to the building and launching of its orbital vehicle, Skyrora XL, scheduled for 2023. The launch o...
Under pressure, nontoxic salt-based propellant performs well
Aug 19, 2020 (SPX)
The propellant, called FAM-110A, is a mixture of two commercially available salts. "Unlike hydrazine, the most commonly used monopropellant available today, our...
Sierra Nevada aims to complete Dream Chaser space plane in March
Aug 18, 2020 (UPI)
The spacecraft, which resembles a small space shuttle, originally was proposed to carry astronauts, but Sierra Nevada so far only has NASA contracts for cargo. ...
Vega launch now set for 1 September
Aug 18, 2020 (ESA)
Due to the persistence of exceptionally unfavourable winds at altitude over Europe's Spaceport, Vega flight VV16, originally scheduled for 18 June 2020, was pos...
NASA, SpaceX targeting October for next astronaut launch
Aug 16, 2020 (SPX)
The mission will carry Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Shannon Walker, all of NASA, along with Japan Aerospac...
Ariane 5's third launch of 2020
Aug 16, 2020 (ESA)
Arianespace announced liftoff at 23:04 BST (00:04 CEST, 19:04 local time) this evening from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, for a mission lasting a...
NASA begins installing orion adapter for first Aartemis lunar flight
Aug 14, 2020 (SPX)
The spacecraft adapter cone (seen at the bottom of the stack pictured above) connects to the bottom of Orion's service module and will later join another adapte...
Northrop Grumman completes first qualification test of new rocket motor for United Launch Alliance
Aug 14, 2020 (SPX)
"Our new GEM 63XL motors leverage its flight-proven heritage while utilizing state-of-the-art manufacturing technology to enhance launch vehicle heavy-lift capa...
Artemis I rocket moves closer to hot fire test
Aug 12, 2020 (SPX)
Green Run is a demanding series of eight tests and nearly 30 firsts: first loading of the propellant tanks, first flow through the propellant feed systems, firs...
Aerojet Rocketdyne to provide ULA's Vulcan Centaur Key Propulsion for future Air Force Launch Services
Aug 12, 2020 (SPX)
Aerojet Rocketdyne will provide two RL10 rocket engines to power the upper stage of ULA's Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle, as well as the thrusters that control t...
BE-4 engine will support US Space Force space launch program
Aug 12, 2020 (SPX)
Bob Smith, CEO, Blue Origin said, "We are disappointed in the decision that New Glenn was not selected for the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 Lau...
Virgin Orbit wraps up first demo launch
Aug 12, 2020 (SPX)
You've also seen that that during our first stage flight, our main rocket engine shut down prematurely, bringing our experimental flight to an end - but only af...
US Air Force and Lockheed Martin complete another successful hypersonics test
Aug 12, 2020 (SPX)
This captive carry flight was conducted with tactical hardware and fully instrumented to collect thermal, mechanical and digital data from the flight vehicle. T...
U.S. hypersonic weapon system completes second test on B-52 Stratofortress
Aug 10, 2020 (UPI)
The second AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, ARRW, was successfully flight tested Saturday, officials said. The first sensor-only prototype of AGM-18...
Spaceflight and Benchmark sign green propulsion deal for Sherpa launcher
Aug 07, 2020 (SPX)
Announced last month, Spaceflight's first OTV in the Sherpa-NG family, Sherpa FX, will carry 16 customer spacecraft and several hosted payloads aboard a Falcon ...
Russia wants to return to Venus, build reusable rocket
Aug 07, 2020 (AFP)
Last week America's first crewed spaceship to fly to the International Space Station in nearly a decade returned safely to Earth, splashing down in the Gulf of ...
SpaceX launched 10th Starlink batch
Aug 07, 2020 (SPX)
SpaceX has delayed the launch at least four times due to weather or technical issues. A 30% chance exists that storm clouds or showers could delay the launch Fr...
New footage of US hypersonic glide body impacting target unveiled by the Army
Aug 07, 2020 (Sputnik)
The US Army has unveiled a new video of a March common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) test in Hawaii. The new footage, presented at the annual Space and Missile ...
ABL Space Systems begins RS1 stage testing and reaches $90mm in funding
Aug 07, 2020 (SPX)
ABL's DoD contracts, awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX, with participation from the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, total $44....
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