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Private firm advances with new liquid-fuel rocket development
Apr 26, 2024 (SPX)
The chief designer, Huang Shuai, outlined the details of the Gravity 2 model on Wednesday in Wuhan, Hubei province, stating that the new reusable rocket would c...
Rocket Lab completes dual satellite deployment for KAIST and NASA
Apr 25, 2024 (SPX)
The mission, named "Beginning Of The Swarm" (B.T.S.), commenced with a launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 10:32 NZST on April 24th...
Crew of first Boeing Starliner mission arrives at Kennedy Space Center
Apr 25, 2024 (UPI)
Veteran NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams will be commander and pilot of the Crew Flight Test mission to the International Space ...
Ariane 6 prepares for inaugural launch
Apr 25, 2024 (SPX)
The rocket's central core, comprising the main and upper stages, was moved from the launcher assembly building to the launch pad, located approximately 800 mete...
ExPace advances China's reusable rocket technology
Apr 25, 2024 (SPX)
The new engine, capable of generating a thrust of 70 metric tons, has successfully completed ignition and vertical takeoff and landing tests, confirms Zhao Shua...
Advancing Low-Power Electric Propulsion for Planetary and Commercial Missions
Apr 24, 2024 (SPX)
The propulsion system, developed at NASA Glenn Research Center, is based on the NASA-H71M sub-kilowatt Hall-effect thruster. This technology is pivotal for smal...
AFRL Innovates with New Lightweight Additive Manufacturing for Rocket Engines
Apr 24, 2024 (SPX)
"AFRL's investments in early advanced manufacturing techniques allow us to explore new areas of the design space for rocket engines and enable quicker design to...
Ariane 6 set to launch OOV-Cube mission with Internet of Things applications
Apr 24, 2024 (SPX)
Among the missions, the OOV-Cube (On Orbit Verification Cube), a 25-by-25 cm nanosatellite developed by the Technical University of Berlin and RapidCubes, will ...
SpaceX sends 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit
Apr 23, 2024 (UPI)
Liftoff occurred at 6:17 EDT with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sending the payload of 23 Starlink satellites into orbit. The Falcon 9 rocket's first-stage booster l...
NASA astronauts begin quarantine ahead of Starliner test flight
Apr 23, 2024 (SPX)
The quarantine is part of the flight crew health stabilization protocol, a routine procedure implemented before all manned space missions to ensure astronauts' ...
Inversion set to launch reentry demonstrator with SpaceX this October
Apr 22, 2024 (SPX)
Justin Fiaschetti, Co-Founder and CEO of Inversion, shared, "Ray was developed at a minimal cost while we continue to invest in our future vehicles. Its inaugur...
ISRO unveils lightweight carbon-carbon nozzle to boost rocket payload capacity
Apr 22, 2024 (SPX)
The innovation was developed by ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), which utilized Carbon-Carbon (C-C) Composites to fabricate a nozzle divergent boasti...
Orbex ramps up rocket development with new investment
Apr 19, 2024 (SPX)
Orbex has secured two active patents in various European countries and the United States, which cover different aspects of its innovative rocket technology. Thi...
Constellation of Starlink satellites grows with latest SpaceX launch from Florida
Apr 18, 2024 (UPI)
The launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida occurred at 6:40 p.m. EDT. The booster used in Thursday's launch settled on the drone A Shortfall ...
Sidus Space Joins Orbital Transports Partner Program to Broaden Market Presence
Apr 18, 2024 (SPX)
The partnership enables Sidus Space to provide technology integration services using its 100kg LizzieSat satellite bus, which is available for both individual m...
Ariane 6 debut includes Portugal's first university CubeSat for aircraft tracking
Apr 17, 2024 (SPX)
A critical component of safe and efficient aviation is knowing one's location and the positions of others. To aid in this, aircraft utilize Automatic Dependent ...
SpaceX launches Falcon 9, carrying 23 Starlink satellites from Florida
Apr 17, 2024 (UPI)
"Merlin engine ignition and liftoff of Falcon 9!" SpaceX wrote in a post on X. "Five, four, three, two, one, zero, mission liftoff," as video of the launch show...
UK Space Agency supports Rolls-Royce and BWX Technologies in developing space reactors
Apr 16, 2024 (SPX)
The company received a GBP 1.18 million award from the fund, supporting collaboration to enhance the technologies for a fission nuclear system, benefiting both ...
Aerojet Rocketdyne advances space maneuver with new propulsion tech
Apr 16, 2024 (SPX)
During the 2023 Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, then Deputy Commander of U.S. Space Command, Lt. Gen. John Shaw, highlighted the critical nature ...
Boeing Starliner rolls to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of May launch
Apr 16, 2024 (UPI)
Starliner boarded a transporter at the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center on Monday. Final checks were completed Tuesday for ...
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