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SLS chief engineer driven by 'challenge' of building rocket
Oct 02, 2018 (SPX)
"Building the world's most powerful rocket has been challenging," Lyles said. "There is tremendous complexity in how all the pieces and parts of the Space Launc...
Nucleus completes successful first launch
Oct 01, 2018 (SPX)
Nucleus launched at 14:16: local time from Andoya Space Center in Northern Norway, and reached an altitude of 107.4 km. That made it not only the first rocket p...
A decade of commercial space travel - what's next?
Oct 01, 2018 (The Conversation)
But 10 years ago, none of those innovations were guaranteed. In fact, on Sept. 28, 2008, an entire company watched and hoped as their flagship product attempted...
Vector Awarded Patent for Enhanced Liquid Oxygen-Propylene Rocket Engine
Sep 27, 2018 (SPX)
Vector is the first and only launch provider to utilize propylene fuel and liquid oxygen (LOX) in an operational launch system. This engine patent validates the...
Jeff Bezos space project lands big rocket partnership
Sep 27, 2018 (AFP)
United Launch Alliance said that Blue Origin will provide engines for the booster stage of a next-generation rocket -- the Vulcan Centaur -- which is on track t...
Brilliant, brash and volatile, Elon Musk faces new challenge
Sep 27, 2018 (AFP)
But along with Elon Musk's grand ambition comes a brash demeanor with little tolerance for criticism. The founder and chief executive of Tesla and other compani...
Europe's Ariane 5 rocket blasts off for 100th time
Sep 26, 2018 (AFP)
The Ariane 5 spacecraft took off from the Caribbean launch site on Tuesday at 19:38 (22:38 GMT), propelling two telecoms satellites into orbit. In service for m...
Japan firm signs with SpaceX for lunar missions
Sep 26, 2018 (AFP)
Private lunar exploration company ispace said it would blast a lander and rovers towards the moon on a SpaceX rocket on two separate missions. The spaceware wil...
DARPA invests in propellant-free rocket theory
Sep 26, 2018 (UPI)
McCulloch believes his ideas about quantized inertia and Unruh radiation can inspire the creation of a rocket engine that turns light into thrust without the as...
China to launch Long March-9 rocket in 2028
Sep 21, 2018 (XNA)
Li Guoping, director of the Department of System Engineering of the CNSA, said that the length of the Long March-9 will exceed 90 meters, and the rocket would h...
Russia plans to develop reusable stage for carrier rocket by 2023, FPI Says
Sep 21, 2018 (Sputnik)
"As for the whole project, we are counting on four years from the start of the fully-fledged work...According to our estimates, the work will begin in the first...
Arianespace to launch KOMPSAT-7 for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) using a Vega C launch vehicle
Sep 21, 2018 (SPX)
Using a Vega C launcher, the mission will be conducted from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, from December 2021. For nearly 30 years now, Arian...
SpaceX Open to Deploying Orbital Weapons for US
Sep 19, 2018 (Sputnik)
SpaceX's President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell announced during the Air Force Association's annual conference that the space company is ready to...
100th Ariane 5 will carry Horizons 3e and Azerspace-2 Intelsat 38
Sep 19, 2018 (ESA)
With this 300th mission of its three-member launcher family - and the 100th utilizing the European-developed heavy-lift Ariane 5 - Arianespace once again serves...
SSTL confirms the successful launch of NovaSAR-1 and SSTL S1-4 satellites
Sep 18, 2018 (SPX)
Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman of SSTL, said "I am pleased to confirm that successful contact has been made with both satellites and they are in good h...
Scientists to study new propulsion idea for spacecraft
Sep 18, 2018 (SPX)
Dr. Mike McCulloch, from the University of Plymouth, first put forward the idea of quantised inertia (QI) - through which he believes light can be converted int...
Japanese billionaire businessman revealed as SpaceX's first Moon traveler
Sep 18, 2018 (AFP)
Maezawa, 42, will be the first lunar traveler since the last US Apollo mission in 1972. He paid an unspecified amount of money for the privilege. "Ever since I ...
UK, India Space Agencies Launch Twin Satellites Into Orbit, Collaborate Efforts
Sep 18, 2018 (Sputnik)
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched two British commercial satellites into sun synchronous orbit, roughly 583 kilometers above E...
'Optical rocket' created with intense laser light
Sep 17, 2018 (SPX)
Physics professor Donald Umstadter, who led the research, said the new application might aptly be called an "optical rocket" because of the tremendous amount of...
Baikonur Facilities to Undergo Overhaul Before OneWeb Satellites Launch - Source
Sep 17, 2018 (Sputnik)
"In the central hall of the assembly and testing facility floor is being replaced... The floor replacement will help to improve considerably the air quality in ...
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