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Raytheon, DARPA complete design review for hypersonic weapon

Jul 29, 2019 (UPI)

The review was conducted in conjunction with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the arm of the Defense Department responsible for development of eme...

China successfully tests accurate landing of rocket debris

Jul 29, 2019 (XNA)

The CASC said that the test was carried out following a Long March-2C rocket launched on Friday, and focused on grid fins which are like "wings" on rocket core ...

SpaceX Dragon on route to Space Station with cargo

Jul 26, 2019 (SPX)

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

Green Run test will pave the way for NASA lunar missions

Jul 26, 2019 (SPX)

This is how the Green Run will work: The first eight minutes of every Artemis mission with NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will begin with core stage an...

3D printing transforms rocketry in Florida

Jul 24, 2019 (SPX)

Significant new space companies or related technology endeavors in central Florida are building entire rockets, rocket fuel and even human tissue using the prin...

SpaceX cargo launch to space station now targeting Wednesday

Jul 24, 2019 (UPI)

The launch previously was set for 7:32 p.m. Sunday during a weekend that included the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Apollo 11 moon landing. SpaceX didn't...

Von Braun: Apollo hero, rocket builder for Hitler, father

Jul 18, 2019 (AFP)

But to his children, he was also something else: dad. "As a child, he was just my father," said his second daughter Margrit von Braun, who was born in Huntsvill...

Apollo's legacy: A quiet corner of Alabama that is forever Germany

Jul 18, 2019 (AFP)

Every fall, the local military base hosts an Oktoberfest. On Thursdays, the space museum organizes a Biergarten. And on Tuesday evening, at a dinner celebrating...

India to make new bid to launch Moon rocket on Monday

Jul 18, 2019 (AFP)

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said it had rescheduled the launch of Chandrayaan-2, or Moon Chariot-2, for 2:43 pm (0913 GMT) on Monday. India is...

SpaceX Dragon capsule explosion blamed on titanium valve failure

Jul 17, 2019 (UPI)

The explosion put the schedule for a crewed flight of SpaceX missions to the International Space Station in doubt. Hans Koenigsmann, vice president of mission a...

Fuel leak halted blastoff for Indian rocket: reports

Jul 15, 2019 (AFP)

A committee of experts was looking into the causes of the problem that put back the bid to become just the fourth nation -- after Russia, the United States and ...

India's heavy rocket Bahubali gearing up for Moon

Jul 13, 2019 (IANS)

"Preparations are going at a hectic pace at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota for the July 15 early morning launch at 2.51 a.m. Everything is progre...

NASA SLS rocket testing ensures astronaut safety, mission success

Jul 11, 2019 (SPX)

With the recent delivery of the last structural test article, the liquid oxygen tank, to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and the sta...

Vega rocket fails after takeoff in French Guiana

Jul 11, 2019 (AFP)

"About two minutes after takeoff a major anomaly occurred, leading to the loss of the mission," said Luce Fabreguettes, director of operations in Kourou, on the...

Pioneer satellites launched

Jul 09, 2019 (ESA)

The parallel supercomputing scalable devices, aboard the lightweight, shoebox-sized nanosatellites, can be programmed to both receive and process data while in ...

Scientists make breakthrough that enables rockets to orbit longer

Jul 08, 2019 (XNA)

Cryogenic rocket engines are specially designed to work at extremely low temperatures. They use non-toxic and non-polluting propellants, such as liquid hydrogen...

China to launch constellation with 72 satellites for Internet of Things

Jul 08, 2019 (XNA)

The program will be implemented by Beijing-based private satellite company "Commsat," which was funded by the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics ...

Ball Aerospace begins on-orbit testing of green fuel

Jul 08, 2019 (SPX)

"We are excited for the opportunity to advance in-space propulsion for the entire user community, which has the potential to propel space industry mission plann...

ULA says malfunction of Russian RD-180 rocket engine occurred in 2018 during Atlas V launch

Jul 02, 2019 (Sputnik)

In June, the US Government Accountability Office released a report on NASA's Commercial Crew Program that noted an emergency situation with an engine that occur...

Rocket Lab successfully launches seventh Electron mission, deploys seven satellites to orbit

Jun 29, 2019 (SPX)

At approximately 56 minutes after lift-off, the Make It Rain payloads were successfully delivered to their precise individual orbits by Electron's Kick Stage. A...