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NASA greenlights SpaceX crew capsule test to ISS
Feb 23, 2019 (AFP)
"We're go for launch, we're go for docking," said William Gerstenmaier, the associate administrator with NASA Human Exploration and Operations. A Falcon 9 rocke...
ArianeGroup and CNES launch ArianeWorks acceleration platform
Feb 22, 2019 (SPX)
To be called ArianeWorks, the new platform will boost innovation for future launcher development by bringing teams together under one roof and connecting them t...
Russian rocket launches Egyptian telecom satellite
Feb 21, 2019 (AFP)
A Soyuz rocket took off with the Egyptsat-A satellite at 1647 GMT from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, The satellite will take high-definition images of ...
Russia Completes Engine Tests of Soyuz Rocket's 2nd Stage Using New Fuel
Feb 21, 2019 (Sputnik)
"On February 12, 2019,... the first 'marketable' RD-108A liquid rocket engine of the central bloc of the Soyuz-type rocket based on new naphthyl fuel was tested...
SpaceX releases Israeli moon lander, pair of satellites into orbit
Feb 21, 2019 (UPI)
Blastoff occurred right on time at 8:45 p.m. ET. Just a few minutes after Falcon 9 launched from Cape Canaveral, the first and second stages separated and the b...
Raptor engine beats Russian RD-180 record in combustion chamber pressure says Musk
Feb 12, 2019 (Sputnik)
"Raptor reached 268.9 bar [approximately 274.2 kilograms of power per square centimeter], exceeding prior record held by the awesome Russian RD-180," Musk said ...
Launch of Unmanned US Dragon 2 Spacecraft to ISS Set for March 2
Feb 07, 2019 (Sputnik)
"The US side gave us information about the launch date of the unmanned spacecraft Dragon 2 to the ISS. It is March 2," the source said. In mid-January, a source...
US: SpaceX no-load test is delayed
Feb 06, 2019 (AFP)
NASA has made SpaceX and Boeing responsible for transporting astronauts starting this year. SpaceX uses its Falcon 9 rocket, at the top of which is fixed a Drag...
Learning on the Job: Student Rocket Launches From Norway
Feb 05, 2019 (SPX)
"I'd never done anything like this before," Guerra said. "I thought we would just make a tiny rocket with a little payload, but no - it turned out to be a full-...
ISRO Set To Launch Communication Satellite GSAT-31 On February 6
Feb 05, 2019 (IANS)
The satellite with a mission life of 15 years will provide continuity to operational services on some of the in-orbit satellites and augment the Ku-band transpo...
Arianespace Rejects Russia Offer to Fix Seam Rupture in Fregat Booster
Feb 05, 2019 (Sputnik)
The booster is scheduled to put the first test satellites of the UK OneWeb satellite constellation into orbit. Last week, sources in Russia's space industry tol...
Arianespace orbits two telecommunications satellites on first Ariane 5 launch of 2019
Feb 05, 2019 (ESA)
Arianespace's first launch of the year took place on Tuesday, February 5 at 6:01 p.m. (local time) from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe's Spaceport in Fre...
New photos show russia's first hypersonic space drone
Feb 05, 2019 (Sputnik)
The second image shows a diagram depicting how the drone will be put into orbit and return to Earth using parachutes. The Russian Skolkovo foundation has previo...
India enlists France's Arianespace to replace dying satellite
Feb 05, 2019 (Sputnik)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch its 40th communication satellite GSAT-31 to replace a dying satellite in order to ensure that com...
Roscosmos Singles Out Design of Carrier Rocket for Lunar Missions
Feb 04, 2019 (Sputnik)
"Only one version of the super-heavy class rocket is being considered now. It has been proposed by the Samara-based Progress rocket space center and comprises s...
China launched world's first rocket-deployed weather instruments from unmanned semi-submersible vehicle
Feb 01, 2019 (SPX)
The results of initial sea trials conducted in 2018 were published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences on 31 Jan 2019. Obtaining accurate meteorological and oce...
NASA Completes Booster Motor Segments for First Space Launch System Flight
Feb 01, 2019 (SPX)
The solid rocket fuel will help produce 8.8 million pounds of thrust to send NASA's Space Launch System rocket on its first integrated flight with the Orion spa...
The Future of Space Prospecting: Surprising Rocket Fuel Unveiled
Feb 01, 2019 (SPX)
The spacecraft's steam-powered propulsion system suggests an endlessly renewable fuel that could be ideal for asteroid mining or "space prospecting," said Aeros...
China plans first seaborne rocket launch in mid-2019
Jan 31, 2019 (XNA)
China has achieved a breakthrough in the key technologies for seaborne launches, Jin, of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, told a press conference...
Arianespace to launch two telecommunications satellites with Ariane 5
Jan 30, 2019 (SPX)
Through this 103rd Ariane 5 mission - the 70th with an Ariane 5 ECA version - Arianespace confirms its leadership in the geostationary launch services market se...
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