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Owl Night Long Expands Synspective's Constellation with Rocket Lab's Precision Delivery

Mar 13, 2024 (SPX)

Synspective, founded in 2018, stands at the forefront of SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) technology, offering end-to-end satellite data and analytical solutions....

Japan private rocket explodes seconds after launch

Mar 13, 2024 (AFP)

Tokyo-based Space One's 18-meter (60-foot) Kairos rocket blasted off from the company's own launch pad in the Wakayama region of western Japan, carrying a small...

Zero-Boil-Off Tank Experiments to Enable Long-Duration Space Exploration

Mar 13, 2024 (SPX)

But while your car's fuel is gasoline, which can be safely and indefinitely stored as a liquid in the car's gas tank, spacecraft fuels are volatile cryogenic li...

Agile Space Unveils Revolutionary Mobile Processing Center, Secures SpaceWERX SBIR Phase II Contract

Mar 12, 2024 (SPX)

The MPPC initiative was conceived to establish a rapidly deployable, secure, and environmentally controlled mobile facility for tactical launch preparations, ca...

Stratolaunch Achieves Historic First Powered Flight of Hypersonic Test Vehicle TA-1

Mar 12, 2024 (SPX)

The maiden flight's objectives encompassed ensuring a safe air-launch release, initiating engine ignition, achieving acceleration and a sustained climb, and con...

Dream Chaser spaceplane nears flight readiness with completion of key pre-flight tests

Mar 11, 2024 (SPX)

Within the last month, the Dream Chaser and its accompanying cargo module, Shooting Star, underwent extensive vibration assessments. These tests, critical for l...

NASA Helps Emerging Space Companies 'Take the Heat'

Mar 11, 2024 (SPX)

NASA has decades of expertise in creating technology that protects spacecraft from the intense heat generated when entering an atmosphere. As emerging companies...

Orbit Fab Announces Strategic Leadership Reorganization to Propel Space Refueling Innovation

Mar 09, 2024 (SPX)

Jacob Geer, a distinguished figure in the UK's space and defense landscape, takes the helm as Orbit Fab's UK Managing Director. Meanwhile, Manny Shar, the archi...

Karman Space and Defense boosts ULA's Vulcan on Its Maiden flight

Mar 08, 2024 (SPX)

The mission, known as Cert-1, carried two significant payloads: the Peregrine Lunar Lander for Astrobotic's Peregrine Mission One (PM1), under NASA's Commercial...

SpaceX tentatively sets third Starship test flight for March 14

Mar 07, 2024 (UPI)

SpaceX stressed that the date is likely to change, which is common when it comes to developmental testing. SpaceX said its third test flight will try successful...

SpaceX eyes March 14 for next Starship test launch

Mar 06, 2024 (AFP)

Two previous attempts have ended in spectacular explosions, though the company has adopted a rapid trial-and-error approach in order to accelerate development. ...

NASA tests limits of updated engines for future Artemis missions

Mar 06, 2024 (UPI)

The full-duration test was the ninth of 12 scheduled tests, and took place on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis in Mis...

Green Light for First Australian Orbital Spaceport in Bowen, QLD

Mar 05, 2024 (SPX)

The spaceport, nestled within the Abbot Point State Development Area in North Queensland, represents a significant development for the Australian space sector. ...

Australia's first orbital launch facility license awarded to Bowen Spaceport

Mar 05, 2024 (SPX)

The spaceport, nestled within the Abbot Point State Development Area in North Queensland, represents a significant development for the Australian space sector. ...

NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission docks with International Space Station

Mar 05, 2024 (UPI)

The spacecraft docked with ISS' forward-facing Harmony module at 2:28 a.m. EST. The opening of the vehicle's hatch is expected to take less than two hours after...

Ex-Twitter execs sue Musk for unpaid severance

Mar 04, 2024 (AFP)

"Musk doesn't pay his bills, believes the rules don't apply to him, and uses his wealth and power to run roughshod over anyone who disagrees with him," they sai...

SpaceX launch taking crew to ISS delayed again by weather

Mar 03, 2024 (AFP)

SpaceX announced that the launch was delayed, and NASA said the agency would now target Sunday at 10:53 pm (0353 GMT Monday) for liftoff. The SpaceX Crew Dragon...

NASA, SpaceX postpone Crew-8 mission to Sunday

Mar 02, 2024 (UPI)

The manned mission to the International Space Station was initially scheduled to lift off Saturday night from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but SpaceX...

MAPHEUS 14 high-altitude research rocket takes flight

Feb 29, 2024 (SPX)

MAPHEUS 14 was launched using the new 'Red Kite' rocket motor - a collaborative effort between DLR and Bayern-Chemie - which has now successfully entered regula...

HyImpulse readies SR75 rocket for historic maiden launch in Australia

Feb 28, 2024 (SPX)

The SR75, a single-stage rocket, embodies a leap in propulsion technology, employing a hybrid system that utilizes paraffin wax and liquid oxygen. This forthcom...