ROCKET SCIENCE

Rocket Science News and Technology

4,497 articles

SpaceX, ULA win large government launch contracts
Aug 07, 2020 (UPI)
The contract award means ULA and Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch about three dozen national security missions from 2022 to 2026 -- at a price tag of about $1 bil...
NASA completes crucial test of moon rocket's propulsion system
Aug 06, 2020 (UPI)
"We've learned that this rocket is operating very well, as designed," Mark Nappi, Boeing's green run director, told UPI in a phone interview. "There's been very...
SpaceX completes test flight of Mars rocket prototype
Aug 05, 2020 (AFP)
"Mars is looking real," SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted in response to a fan. The current Starship prototype is fairly crude: it's a large metallic cylinder, b...
Astronauts praise 'flawless' SpaceX capsule landing
Aug 04, 2020 (UPI)
"We're so proud of the SpaceX and NASA teams to get Dragon through its first crewed flight flawlessly," Doug Hurley said. "I'm almost kind of speechless, as far...
Key Connection for Artemis I Arrives at Kennedy
Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)
The cone-shaped connector also helps protect the RL10 engine housed in the upper stage, which will provide the power necessary to leave Earth's orbit and send t...
Proton-M with two telecommunication satellites launches from Baikonur
Aug 03, 2020 (Sputnik)
On July 30 (31 July local) the Proton-M carrier rocket will take off from the Baikonur cosmodrome, carrying two telecommunications satellites, Express-80 and Ex...
SpaceX brings NASA astronauts home safe in milestone mission
Aug 03, 2020 (AFP)
The successful mission, carried out jointly by SpaceX and NASA, demonstrated that the United States has the capacity once more to send its astronauts to space a...
SpaceX craft departs ISS for Earth
Aug 02, 2020 (AFP)
NASA footage showed the capsule drifting slowly away from the ISS in the darkness of space, ending a two month stay for the first US astronauts to reach the orb...
SpaceX Crew Dragon splashes down off Florida
Aug 02, 2020 (AFP)
Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley were carrying out final preparations in the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule "Endeavour" which landed off the coast of Pensacol...
America's first crewed spaceship in decade splashes down off Florida
Aug 02, 2020 (AFP)
The successful mission, carried out jointly by SpaceX and NASA, demonstrated that the United States once again has the capacity to send its astronauts to space ...
NASA Announces Astronauts to Fly on SpaceX Crew-2 Mission to Space Station
Jul 29, 2020 (SPX)
NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, for the mission. JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploratio...
South Korea given green light for solid-propellant rockets
Jul 29, 2020 (UPI)
Kim Hyun-chong, South Korea's deputy national security adviser to President Moon Jae-in, said at a press briefing Seoul is to adopt amendments to current missil...
China's fastest rocket carries deep space dream
Jul 24, 2020 (XNA)
It is the first time that the Long March-5 carrier rocket, currently China's largest launch vehicle, is put into practical use after a series of trial launches....
The Heartbeat of Innovation
Jul 24, 2020 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman is developing OmegA to support National Security Space Launch for the U.S. Space Force. For large, complex OmegA parts, the company looked to a...
Aerojet Rocketdyne achieves another milestone on DARPA Opfires Program
Jul 23, 2020 (SPX)
"We're pleased to be a part of developing this vital defense technology, applying our decades of experience in hypersonic and missile defense technologies," sai...
Northrop Grumman delivers three GEM 63 rocket motors for Atlas V
Jul 23, 2020 (SPX)
The GEM 63 rocket motors were developed under a cooperative agreement with ULA for the Atlas V vehicle. Each motor contributes a maximum thrust of 373,000 pound...
Arianespace to launch three satellites towards Geostationary Orbit on July 28
Jul 23, 2020 (ESA)
Satellites to be placed in orbit will serve Japanese B-SAT and operators Intelsat and Northrop Grumman's SpaceLogistics LLC. BSAT-4b was built by the American c...
NASA Teams Load Artemis I Rocket Hardware on Barge for Trip to Kennedy
Jul 20, 2020 (SPX)
The adapter is the cone shaped piece that connects the rocket's core stage and interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS). Pegasus will transport the flight hard...
Two US astronauts to come home on SpaceX ship on August 2
Jul 17, 2020 (AFP)
"Splashdown is targeted for Aug. 2. Weather will drive the actual date. Stay tuned," tweeted the US space agency's administrator Jim Bridenstine. Bob Behnken an...
Rocket to lift Mars probe moved to launch pad
Jul 17, 2020 (XNA)
The administration said in a statement that the rocket was moved out of its testing complex at around 8 am and spent nearly two hours on the tracks toward the l...
Buy Advertising About Us Editorial & Other Enquiries Privacy statement
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.