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Isar Aerospace and Spaceflight Inc sign launch agreement to service global market
Jan 26, 2023 (SPX)
"We've seen an increased demand for flexible and affordable launch options around the globe, but especially for our European-based customers," says Curt Blake, ...
NASA safety system enables Rocket Lab launch from Wallops
Jan 26, 2023 (SPX)
This mission, the first Electron launch from the United States, was enabled by NASA's work in developing the NASA Autonomous Flight Termination Unit (NAFTU), a ...
NASA validates revolutionary propulsion design for deep space missions
Jan 26, 2023 (SPX)
The RDRE differs from a traditional rocket engine by generating thrust using a supersonic combustion phenomenon known as a detonation. This design produces more...
DARPA, NASA Collaborate on Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine
Jan 25, 2023 (SPX)
"DARPA and NASA have a long history of fruitful collaboration in advancing technologies for our respective goals, from the Saturn V rocket that took humans to t...
Plasma thrusters used on satellites could be much more powerful
Jan 25, 2023 (SPX)
"People had previously thought that you could only push a certain amount of current through a thruster area, which in turn translates directly into how much for...
NASA, DARPA will test nuclear engine for future Mars missions
Jan 25, 2023 (SPX)
NASA and DARPA will partner on the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations, or DRACO, program. The non-reimbursable agreement designed to benefit bot...
Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crew and Service Modules Mated
Jan 25, 2023 (SPX)
During the operation inside the company's Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane lifted the reusable c...
Rocket Lab launches first Electron mission from US
Jan 24, 2023 (SPX)
The successful launch from LC-2 marks the beginning of a new era of responsive launch capability for small satellites from U.S. soil. Built with support from Vi...
Stratolaunch creates Advanced Program Office at Purdue for hypersonics
Jan 24, 2023 (SPX)
Stratolaunch will establish the Stratolaunch Advanced Programs Office at the Convergence Center in Purdue's Discovery Park District in West Lafayette, Indiana, ...
NASA delays Rocket Lab launch in Virginia until Tuesday
Jan 23, 2023 (UPI)
The 59-foot-tall rocket was set to blast off from the Wallop Flight Facility at 6 p.m. EST on Monday but NASA opted to wait for more favorable weather condition...
NASA, Boeing teams achieve milestone ahead of crewed flight
Jan 23, 2023 (SPX)
The Crew Flight Test, or CFT, will launch NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams on Starliner - atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket - ...
Structural details of Long March 9 revealed
Jan 19, 2023 (XNA)
Gu Mingkun, a senior rocket designer at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, the country's leading rocket maker, said at a news conference that the b...
SpaceX rocket launches U.S. military satellite into orbit
Jan 18, 2023 (UPI)
The rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:24 a.m. EST carrying the fifth Lockheed Martin-made Space Vehicle 6 of the so-cal...
SEXBOMB being moved to Cornwall Space Port for hypersonic developments
Jan 17, 2023 (SPX)
SES space planes use air breathing combined cycle engines to get to space. The rocket engines kick in only after a very high altitude. They have Hello-1 X demon...
Vulcan rocket one step closer to launch
Jan 15, 2023 (SPX)
"The first Vulcan is complete, and we look forward to the test flight this year. Vulcan is a powerful rocket with a single core booster that is scalable for all...
Sweden opens Mainland Europe's first spaceport
Jan 13, 2023 (UPI)
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf cut the ribbon in the city of Kiruna, around 25 miles from the new Spaceport Esrange. The event...
Update on Start Me Up mission anomaly
Jan 13, 2023 (SPX)
The Start Me Up mission was the first orbital launch attempt in history conducted from western Europe. The flight was conducted by Virgin Orbit's air-launched L...
Arctic Sweden in race for Europe's satellite launches
Jan 13, 2023 (AFP)
Hopes are high that a rocket like this could carry a satellite next year, in what could be the first satellite launch from a spaceport in continental Europe. Sw...
Rocket Lab sets new date for first Electron launch from U.S. soil
Jan 11, 2023 (SPX)
The "Virginia Is For Launch Lovers" mission will lift-off from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA's Wallops Flight...
SpaceX capsule lands safely on return from ISS
Jan 11, 2023 (UPI)
The uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down at 5:19 a.m. EST, off the coast of Tampa, Fla., marking an end to the company's 26th contracted mission to re...
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