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Russia's Energomash tests RD-180 engine made for US Atlas rocket
Mar 01, 2018 (Sputnik)
"According to the head of the complex Andrey Ushkov, the tests went routinely, the test program has been fully implemented," the statement reads. The reliable a...
Arianespace Soyuz set to launch 4 more sats for SES O3b constellation
Feb 28, 2018 (ESA)
Carried out from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana, this launch also is Arianespace's second of the year for SES and the fourth it has performed fo...
Millenium tapped for certification of Vulcan space launch systems
Feb 23, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $9.9 million under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed-fee task order contract. The...
RS-25 Engine Throttles Up for Deep Space Exploration
Feb 22, 2018 (SPX)
During the 260-second hot fire test, the RS-25 engine throttled up to 113 percent of its original design thrust level. The first four flights of SLS will use en...
Space-X lobs Spanish military satellite into orbit
Feb 22, 2018 (AFP)
Space-X, which proved the utility of its massive Falcon Heavy rocket earlier this month, put up the Paz imaging satellite and two of the company's own test inte...
Launch support contract awarded by 45th Space Wing for Cape Canaveral
Feb 21, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $11.8 million and is a modification to a previous contract. The modified contra...
Russia jails four for embezzling millions from cosmodrome project
Feb 21, 2018 (AFP)
The four, who controlled or worked for construction companies, were together found guilty of embezzling 1.3 billion rubles ($23 million) from the national prest...
140 successful tests and several firsts for Vinci, the engine for Ariane 6
Feb 16, 2018 (SPX)
The tests in campaigns M6 and M7, vital for qualification of the engine subsystems, were carried out on the PF52 bench at the ArianeGroup site in Vernon, France...
Russia launches cargo spacecraft after aborted liftoff
Feb 13, 2018 (AFP)
The Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress ship took off from the snow-covered Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:15 am Moscow time (0815 GMT) and reached its ...
ISS resupply Soyuz launch aborted seconds before liftoff
Feb 12, 2018 (Sputnik)
A source told Sputnik that the spacecraft launch was postponed to the reserve date, February 13. The Progress MS-08 freighter was set for the launch atop the So...
Soyuz launch to resupply ISS aborted seconds before liftoff
Feb 11, 2018 (Sputnik)
A source told Sputnik that the spacecraft launch was postponed to the reserve date, February 13. The Progress MS-08 freighter was set for the launch atop the So...
Final request for proposal released for Air Force launch services contract
Feb 07, 2018 (SPX)
The final RFP was released on Jan. 31 with proposals due back to the Air Force on April 16 in accordance with the solicitation instructions. The contracts for t...
World's biggest rocket soars toward Mars after perfect launch
Feb 07, 2018 (AFP)
Screams and cheers erupted at mission control in Cape Canaveral, Florida as the massive rocket fired its 27 engines and rumbled into the blue sky over the same ...
What's next for SpaceX?
Feb 07, 2018 (AFP)
The question now is what's next for SpaceX and the space industry following the launch of Musk's Tesla roadster into space aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket? - Satel...
Japan Successfully Launches World's Smallest Carrier Rocket
Feb 07, 2018 (Sputnik)
The liftoff took place from the Uchinoura Space Center at 02:03 p.m. local time (05:03 GMT). The rocket is set to place into orbit a TRICOM-1R satellite for geo...
SpaceX poised to launch 'world's most powerful rocket'
Feb 06, 2018 (AFP)
The launch, scheduled for 1:30 pm (1830 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, is the most ambitious yet for SpaceX, and has been hailed by industry experts as a ga...
Elon Musk is launching a Tesla into space - here's how SpaceX will do it
Feb 06, 2018 (The Conversation)
What is so special about this rocket? This vehicle will be the first of its kind, the world's most powerful launch vehicle and targeting an unprecedented level ...
Elon Musk, visionary Tesla and SpaceX founder
Feb 06, 2018 (AFP)
On Tuesday, the South African-born entrepreneur combined both of those passions, blasting one of his Tesla electric cars into space aboard his own rocket. It wa...
Putin gives nod to creation of Russian super heavy-lift launch vehicle
Feb 02, 2018 (Sputnik)
"As for the super heavy-lift launch vehicle, there is one good piece of news - this week, the Russian president has signed a decree that launching facilities fo...
NASA conducts 2nd RS-25 engine hot fire test of 2018
Feb 02, 2018 (SPX)
The test marks completion of green run testing for all four of the new RS-25 engine flight controllers needed for the second flight of NASA's SLS rocket. NASA i...
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