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Aerojet Rocketdyne demonstrates 24-Hour turnaround of AR-22 Engine
Jul 11, 2018 (SPX)
"Aerojet Rocketdyne has continued to refine the reusable engine technology we originally developed for the Space Shuttle program," said Eileen Drake, Aerojet Ro...
Experimental Spaceplane Program Successfully Completes Engine Test Series
Jul 11, 2018 (SPX)
Then, starting July 26, the engineering team successfully fired the engine 10 times in just under 240 hours. All firings lasted at least 100 seconds. The AR-22 ...
Chinese Space Company Planning Launch of Largest Privately Owned Liquid Rocket
Jul 10, 2018 (Sputnik)
The company, which is also known as Beijing Blue Arrow Space Technology, is planning on completing ground tests for the medium-sized liquid oxygen methane rocke...
Largest-ever solid rocket motor poised for first hot firing
Jul 10, 2018 (ESA)
This important milestone validates the booster for use on Vega-C next year and on Ariane 6 from 2020. Fully loaded with solid fuel, the P120C rocket motor commo...
Aurora Launch Services established in Alaska To provide responsive launch services
Jul 09, 2018 (SPX)
"This is an exciting time for Alaska Aerospace as we expand our service capabilities and provide new employment opportunities for Alaskans, in Alaska." claimed ...
Dragon Now Installed To Station For Month-Long Stay
Jul 03, 2018 (SPX)
The 15th contracted commercial resupply mission from SpaceX (CRS-15) delivers more than 5,900 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware to the orbiting lab...
China to develop new series of carrier rockets: expert
Jul 03, 2018 (XNA)
The capacity of Chinese rockets would reach 140 tonnes for low-Earth orbit, 44 tonnes for Earth-Mars transfer orbit, 50 tonnes for Earth-Moon transfer orbit and...
China aims to outstrip NASA with super-powerful rocket
Jul 02, 2018 (AFP)
By 2030, the Long March-9 rocket under development will be able to carry 140 tonnes into low-Earth orbit -- where TV and earth observation satellites currently ...
Dragon delivers some ICE
Jul 02, 2018 (ESA)
The 15th resupply mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 5:42 ET (11:42 CEST) with standard cargo for the International Space Station as well as the...
Dawn's Engines Complete Firing, Science Continues
Jul 02, 2018 (JPL)
Engineers led by Dawn Project Manager Marc Rayman of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, drew this conclusion on Tuesday, June 26, after ana...
Maverick entrepreneur's space rocket fails at blast off
Jun 30, 2018 (AFP)
Interstellar Technologies, founded by popular internet service provider Livedoor's creator Takafumi Horie, launched the unmanned rocket, MOMO-2, at around 5:30 ...
'Flying brain' blasts off on cargo ship toward space station
Jun 29, 2018 (AFP)
A spare hand for the station's robotic arm, an experiment to measure plant stress and a study of a new cancer treatment were also on board as the Falcon 9 rocke...
Looking to the Future with Ariane 6 and Vega C Launchers for Asia-Pacific Customers
Jun 28, 2018 (SPX)
At CommunicAsia 2018, which takes place June 26-28 in Singapore, Arianespace also will focus on its future Ariane 6 and Vega C launch vehicles, which are highly...
The rockets that are pushing the boundaries of space travel
Jun 27, 2018 (AFP)
The rocket itself is not new. It launched a NASA satellite into orbit two months ago, then landed back on Earth -- upright -- on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean o...
Foam and cork insulation protects deep space rocket from fire and ice
Jun 26, 2018 (SPX)
Spray-on foam insulation, along with other traditional insulation materials such as cork, will provide thermal protection for every rocket part, large and small...
Aerojet Rocketdyne and SMC investing in engine technology
Jun 26, 2018 (SPX)
The RL10C-X represents the future of the nation's premiere upper-stage rocket engine, the RL10, which has accumulated more than 50 years of proven flight experi...
Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne to join Spaceflight's portfolio of launch vehicles
Jun 26, 2018 (SPX)
Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl, a dedicated 747-400 carrier aircraft, will carry LauncherOne (which will house Spaceflight's customer smallsats) to an altitude of a...
SpaceX's new rocket scores big satellite launch contract
Jun 25, 2018 (Sputnik)
The contract, which is the fifth awarded under the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, will put an Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-52 satellite into orbi...
Air Force contracts for next generation space launch propulsion system
Jun 25, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $69.8 million under the terms of a modified contract that enables Aerojet Rocket...
Air Force contracts SpaceX for satellite launch
Jun 21, 2018 (UPI)
The massive rocket will deliver a secretive military satellite, known as AFSPC-52, into space, in a $130 million fixed-price contract. Two proposals for the lau...
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