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SpaceX plans Sunday launch from Florida to boost Starlink satellite count

Mar 14, 2020 (UPI)

Liftoff is planned for 9:22 a.m. on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the company's Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The mission would boost the number of Starl...

Aerojet Rocketdyne installs rocket motor casting bell as Camden rocket motor facility nears completion

Mar 13, 2020 (SPX)

The vacuum chamber casting bell was relocated from Aerojet Rocketdyne's Sacramento, California, facility, where it was used to produce large rocket boosters for...

ESA and European Commission preorder four more Ariane 6 launches

Mar 11, 2020 (SPX)

These four launches reserved for Ariane 62 will be confirmed after the European Commission finalizes its budget for the period 2021-2027, which covers these lau...

SpaceX 'gunning' for May launch of astronauts from Florida

Mar 10, 2020 (UPI)

SpaceX is poised to be the first private company to fly NASA astronauts. The company's successful in-flight test in January showed that the capsule could carry ...

NASA's SLS moon rocket is 30 percent over budget, report says

Mar 10, 2020 (UPI)

Each major part of the rocket has had "technical challenges, performance issues, and requirement changes that collectively have resulted in $2 billion of cost o...

SpaceX Dragon heads to Space Station for Monday docking

Mar 09, 2020 (SPX)

The spacecraft launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and is scheduled to arrive at the orbit...

Black Arrow marks 50 years since one and only UK satellite launch

Mar 05, 2020 (SPX)

British rocket launch provider Skyrora, the UK Space agency and The Farnborough Air Sciences Trust (FAST), have partnered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of t...

SpaceX announces partnership to send tourists to ISS

Mar 05, 2020 (AFP)

Elon Musk's company has signed a deal with Axiom Space to transport the tourists along with a commander on one of its Crew Dragon capsules in the second half of...

Aerojet Rocketdyne displays powerful hydrogen rocket engine at Infinity Science Center

Mar 04, 2020 (SPX)

"Part of our mission at Aerojet Rocketdyne is to inspire future generations who will carry forward our legacy of space exploration, which closely aligns with th...

New generation rocket engines to be tested at Esrange

Mar 03, 2020 (SPX)

SSC's new engine and stage test capability plays a crucial part in supporting research and the development of rocket engines for minilaunchers in Europe. The fi...

US trying to catch up with Russia, China in hypersonics

Mar 03, 2020 (Sputnik)

"In past decades we have been world leaders in hypersonic technology, but we have consistently made the decision to not transition that to weapon applications a...

OmegA on track to support certification launch in 2021

Mar 03, 2020 (SPX)

During the test, the second stage motor fired for full-duration, approximately 140 seconds, burning nearly 340,000 pounds of solid propellant to produce upwards...

SpaceX Starship prototype explodes in test again

Mar 02, 2020 (UPI)

It wasn't clear if the company knew it would explode, but such testing is designed to find the structural limits of rocket components. SpaceX founder Elon Musk ...

Space startup Astra fails to launch rocket on last day of DARPA launch challenge

Mar 02, 2020 (UPI)

The challenge was designed to develop a capability for the U.S. military to send small satellites into space quickly -- speeding up the turnaround time from des...

Boeing says longer Starliner software tests could have prevented flight failure

Feb 27, 2020 (UPI)

Boeing made the ill-fated decision to skip end-to-end software tests for the entire length of its Starliner space capsule flight to the International Space, bre...

PLD Space successfully achieved a full rocket engine test for MIURA 1 mission

Feb 27, 2020 (SPX)

Therefore, the company decided to pause the qualification process and analyse the root causes of the failure to solve the problems found. After eight months of ...

Northrop Grumman completes key test for Orion Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor

Feb 26, 2020 (SPX)

"The qualification test is a critical step toward Artemis II, Orion's first flight with astronauts," said Pat Nolan, vice president, missile products, Northrop ...

AFRL, Masten Space Systems, NASA, collaborate on successful testing of methane engine

Feb 21, 2020 (SPX)

AFRL and Masten signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement in December 2018. The agreement enabled Masten to test the Broadsword 25K engine at AFRL...

Simple, fuel-efficient rocket engine could enable cheaper, lighter spacecraft

Feb 19, 2020 (SPX)

But a new type of engine - called a rotating detonation engine - promises to make rockets not only more fuel-efficient but also more lightweight and less compli...

SpaceX launch grows Starlink constellation to more than 300 satellites

Feb 18, 2020 (UPI)

The Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 satellites into a cloudy sky from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. SpaceX missed recovering the first...