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NASA seeks students to imagine nuclear powered space missions
Nov 09, 2023 (SPX)
For more than 60 years, radioisotope power systems have helped NASA explore the harshest, darkest, and dustiest parts of our solar system and has enabled many s...
UK and European Space Agency Commit Funding for Shetland Satellite Launch
Nov 09, 2023 (SPX)
RFA's UK subsidiary stands to benefit from this investment, with plans to fortify the spaceport's operations and gear up for the inaugural launch of the RFA ONE...
ESA further boosts RFA One across Europe
Nov 09, 2023 (ESA)
RFA One is an orbital vehicle that will have three stages and be launched from its SaxaVord launch pad in the UK. Measuring 30 m tall and 2 m in diameter, RFA O...
Japanese billionaire's lunar SpaceX voyage postponed
Nov 09, 2023 (AFP)
"We were planning for our lunar orbital mission 'dearMoon' to take place in 2023, but seems like it will take a little longer," Maezawa said. "We're not sure wh...
Pioneering satellite refueling technology could extend missions indefinitely
Nov 08, 2023 (SPX)
The funding targets feasibility studies that will explore practical strategies for refueling a UK-led debris removal mission, alongside examining the prospects ...
Starlink mission brings SpaceX's orbital launch count to 80 missions so far in 2023
Nov 08, 2023 (SPX)
With upgraded phased array antennas, SpaceX's new Starlink V2 Mini satellite platform can communicate four times as much data as previous Starlink satellite gen...
Early production continues on Advanced Upper Stage for SLS
Nov 06, 2023 (SPX)
The weld confidence article forms part of the liquid oxygen tank for the SLS rocket's exploration upper stage and is the fifth of seven weld confidence articles...
China launches Long March 7A carrier rocket
Nov 06, 2023 (XNA)
The State-owned conglomerate said in a news release the rocket blasted off at 10:54 pm and soon transported the satellite, named Communication Technology Demons...
SQX-2Y rocket demonstrates vertical take-off and landing capabilities
Nov 06, 2023 (SPX)
On a clear Thursday afternoon, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center located in the vast expanse of Northwest China, observers witnessed the 17-meter-tall demo...
Europe to hold competition to build space cargo ship
Nov 06, 2023 (AFP)
The ESA's 22 member states, whose space ministers were meeting at a two-day summit in the Spanish city of Seville, also agreed to provide financial support for ...
High-power propulsion for gateway will be electric blue
Nov 03, 2023 (SPX)
The distinctive blue plume characteristic of the AEPS is more than visually striking; it is a marker of innovation, signifying the ejection of ionized xenon gas...
Norway inaugurates satellite launch site
Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)
Isar Aerospace said the "Andoya Spaceport" was to "become the first operational orbital spaceport in continental Europe to finalise the construction of the laun...
SpinLaunch announces new leadership roles
Nov 01, 2023 (SPX)
Aerospace pioneer and investor Domhnal Slattery has been elected Chairman of SpinLaunch's Board of Directors. In his new role, Slattery will work closely with t...
Boeing pencils in anytime after April 1st for next Crew Flight Test
Oct 30, 2023 (SPX)
Upon satisfying NASA's stringent safety requirements, the CFT will mark Starliner's first crewed mission to the ISS. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Will...
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink Internet satellites after aborted mission
Oct 30, 2023 (UPI)
The successful second launch attempt was the eighth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space ...
Crunch time for Phoebus
Oct 30, 2023 (ESA)
Consider this: European rockets often run on liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen, these are great propellants, but in liquid form they must be kept at extreme tem...
Tech agreement sets stage for U.S. private sector space launch sites in Australia
Oct 30, 2023 (UPI)
The assistant secretary for international security and nonproliferation at the U.S. State Department, C.S. Eliot Kang, and the Australian Ambassador to the Unit...
Hot summer for Europe's reusable rocket engine
Oct 30, 2023 (ESA)
Work at ArianeGroup's test facility in Vernon, France achieved first ignition in June 2023 (pictured), followed by the 30-second firing and re-ignition on 20 Oc...
Marking 25 Years since Deep Space 1 kickstarted Ion propulsion
Oct 30, 2023 (JPL)
The ion propulsion engine that Deep Space 1 successfully demonstrated allowed the Dawn spacecraft to explore the protoplanet Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres us...
Nighttime rehearsal for Ariane 6 towards first flight
Oct 30, 2023 (ESA)
The goal was to increase the robustness of the launch system and to test emergency safety procedures with an interruption of the countdown from simulated anomal...
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