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LandSpace reviews booster loss after Zhuque-3 reusable rocket test
Dec 04, 2025 (SPX)
The ZQ 3 Y1 mission lifted off around noon local time, with nine methane-fueled engines powering the first stage and a single upper-stage engine carrying a mass...
How Cloud Render Farms Are Powering the Next Generation of Space Visualization and Simulation Workflows
Dec 04, 2025 (SPX)
This is where the modern render farm steps in. What a Render Farm Is - and Why It Matters for Space Industries A render farm is a distributed cluster of high-pe...
LandSpace ZQ 3 Y1 rocket reaches orbit on first reusable flight attempt
Dec 03, 2025 (SPX)
The ZQ 3 Y1 vehicle, built mainly from stainless steel, lifted off at noon from a dedicated launch service tower at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the I...
European rocket puts S.Korean satellite in orbit
Dec 01, 2025 (AFP)
After two delays, Vega C achieved lift-off from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana at 2:21 pm (1721 GMT), an AFP journalist saw, with a significant South ...
South Korea advances Nuri rocket program with fourth orbital launch
Nov 28, 2025 (SPX)
The 200-metric-ton rocket lifted off at 1:13 am local time after controllers resolved an abnormal signal from a pressure sensor that briefly delayed the planned...
SyLEx test rocket gives France new suborbital launch option
Nov 28, 2025 (SPX)
The launch took place on November 28, 2025 from the DGA Missile Testing Centre at Biscarrosse and used the single stage version of the SyLEx vehicle together wi...
AtSpace A01 reaches record suborbital altitude from Koonibba Test Range
Nov 27, 2025 (SPX)
The 12.2 m tall A01 lifted off at 09:22 local time and completed a flight lasting around four and a half minutes. The mission profile included ascent to the sub...
Argonaut lunar landers to deliver cargo on Ariane 6 missions
Nov 21, 2025 (SPX)
Argonaut landers are designed to enable Europe's autonomous, reliable access to the Moon. Missions will begin in 2030 with launches on Ariane 6 rockets, and eac...
Galileo satellites to launch on Ariane 6 to enhance navigation system
Nov 21, 2025 (SPX)
With this launch, the active constellation will expand its ability to provide continuous and reliable navigation. SAT 33 and SAT 34 will serve as spares to ensu...
PLD Space advances MIURA 5 rocket qualification with first fully integrated unit
Nov 21, 2025 (SPX)
The MIURA 5 second stage will undergo a destruction test in the United States to certify the Flight Termination System. This process verifies onboard explosive ...
Successful cryogenic engine start enables enhanced mission flexibility for ISRO
Nov 21, 2025 (SPX)
Upcoming missions will introduce a need for multiple in-flight restarts of the CE20 engine, supporting complex, multi-orbit satellite deployments. With the pres...
Blue Origin's New Glenn Nails First Ocean Booster Landing
Nov 18, 2025 (SPX)
For one, it launched a pair of NASA spacecraft named ESCAPADE, which are headed to Mars orbit to study that planet's magnetic environment and atmosphere. The tw...
PLD Space expands rocket subsystem testing leadership in Europe
Nov 18, 2025 (SPX)
Subsystem qualification for MIURA 5 proceeds rapidly, with the facilities enabling component manufacture and testing within 24 hours. The company's approach, "T...
Record doubleheader: SpaceX launches 2 Falcon 9 rockets from Florida
Nov 15, 2025 (UPI)
In all, there have been a record 98 missions this year from the adjacent Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The record of 94 was broken...
Blue Origin launches NASA Mars mission and nails booster landing
Nov 14, 2025 (AFP)
The launch was stalled for days over weather both on Earth and in space, but it was worth the wait: in the rocket's second-ever flight, Blue Origin managed to r...
Dream Chaser spaceplane passes pre-flight tests at Kennedy Space Center
Nov 14, 2025 (SPX)
Dream Chaser underwent Electromagnetic Interference and Electromagnetic Compatibility testing in NASA's Space Systems Processing Facility to confirm the spacecr...
Space Systems Command advances New Glenn certification after latest launch
Nov 14, 2025 (SPX)
The certification process, managed in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office, aims to ensure launch system readiness for delivering USSF satellites...
Atlas 5 rocket launches U.S. communications satellite
Nov 13, 2025 (UPI)
The 6-ton Viasat 3 satellite will be deployed from the Atlas rocket about 3 1/2 hours after launch, and eventually reach geostationary orbit 230,000 miles above...
The next frontier in clean flight? Jet fuel from city waste
Nov 13, 2025 (SPX)
A new study in Nature Sustainability points to a promising breakthrough: using municipal solid waste as a reliable, low-emission, cost-effective feedstock for s...
LandSpace prepares reusable ZQ 3 rocket for first launch after major tests in China
Nov 12, 2025 (SPX)
The ZQ 3 is a substantial reusable rocket, measuring 66.1 meters in height and 4.5 meters in diameter, with a fully fueled mass of nearly 570 metric tons. Its l...
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