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Can plasma instability in fact be the savior for magnetic nozzle plasma thrusters
Dec 08, 2022 (SPX)
Details of their research were published in the journal Scientific Reports on December 5, 2022. In magnetic nozzle radio frequency thrusters, sometimes referred...
Launches secured for five Sentinel satellites
Dec 08, 2022 (ESA)
The contract not only marks an important milestone in the continuity of the Sentinel missions and the European Union's Copernicus programme, but also Europe's a...
Engineer awarded $4.5M to develop AI-powered hypersonic guidance and navigation systems
Dec 06, 2022 (SPX)
Hypersonic speed - of Mach 5 or higher - is speed that exceeds five times the speed of sound. As the United States works to develop hypersonic technologies, res...
SpaceX again postpones Japanese moon lander launch
Dec 01, 2022 (AFP)
A Falcon 9 rocket was scheduled to blast off at 3:37 am (0837 GMT) on Thursday from Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida, but SpaceX said further checks on...
Arianespace supporting the European Union's Copernicus program with Vega C
Dec 01, 2022 (ESA)
"I would like to thank the European commission, especially the DG DEFIS teams, along with ESA, for continuing to entrust us with the launch of the Sentinel sate...
Arianespace Ariane 6 to launch Intelsat satellites
Dec 01, 2022 (SPX)
"We are honored, yet again, by our faithful longtime partner Intelsat with another significant contract," said Stephane Israel, CEO of Arianespace. "Intelsat is...
Pulsar Fusion funded by the UK Govt to construct a nuclear based space engine
Dec 01, 2022 (SPX)
The project will be supported by Southampton and Cambridge Universities and Nuclear AMRC. Pulsar Fusion, based in Bletchley, Bucks., has its sights set on ultim...
China successfully reignites rocket engine
Nov 29, 2022 (XNA)
During the test, which took place in Xi'an in Shaanxi province on Saturday morning, the new reusable engine was successfully ignited twice and worked well both ...
Germany contributes four billion euros and remains key partner of European spaceflight
Nov 26, 2022 (SPX)
The German delegation was headed by Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Robert Habeck, and the Federal Government Coordinator of German Ae...
SpaceX sends another Dragon full of cargo and science to ISS
Nov 26, 2022 (SPX)
Carrying more than 7,700 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launched on the Falcon 9 rocket at 2:20 p.m...
NASA selects Rocket Lab to launch TROPICS Mission
Nov 24, 2022 (SPX)
Rocket Lab will launch the TROPICS mission, which is part of NASA's Earth System Science Pathfinder Program and consists of four CubeSats in two low-Earth orbit...
Airbus and ArianeGroup sign Ariane 6 transition batch contract in Spain
Nov 23, 2022 (SPX)
Airbus builds up to four carbon fibre structures for each Ariane launcher at its Getafe site, near Madrid. The new state-of-the-art 4.0 industrial facility incl...
France, Germany, Italy agree on next-generation space rockets
Nov 22, 2022 (AFP)
The countries also reaffirmed a preference for European rockets, after the agency was forced to turn to US firm SpaceX to launch two future scientific missions....
Rocket Lab completes final launch rehearsal ahead of first Electron Mission from US
Nov 22, 2022 (SPX)
Known as a Wet Dress Rehearsal, this pre-launch exercise sees the launch team carry out the same activities and procedures they will conduct on launch day to en...
LOFTID inflatable heat shield test a success, early results show
Nov 21, 2022 (SPX)
About an hour after launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, LOFTD inflated and deployed in space. After being released by the Centaur upper stage, th...
Arianespace Vega C mission set to complete Pleiades Neo constellation
Nov 18, 2022 (ESA)
After liftoff from Europe's Spaceport, the Vega C launcher will fly powered by the first three stages for a little over seven minutes. The third stage ZEFIRO 9 ...
First privately built Indian space rocket launches
Nov 18, 2022 (AFP)
The half-tonne Vikram-S rocket launched before midday local time and travelled in an arc, live footage from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) showed...
Rocket Factory Augsburg to use test infrastructure at DLR Lampoldshausen
Nov 17, 2022 (SPX)
The German Aerospace Center and the start-up Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) signed an agreement on 15 November 2022 at the Space Tech Expo trade fair in Bremen t...
NASA Awards SpaceX Second Contract Option for Artemis Moon Landing
Nov 17, 2022 (SPX)
With this addition, SpaceX will provide a second crewed landing demonstration mission in 2027 as part of NASA's Artemis IV mission. "Returning astronauts to the...
SpaceRyde announces multiple launch agreements with ISILAUNCH
Nov 16, 2022 (SPX)
The MLA is an agreement for four of SpaceRyde's commercial launches beginning in 2024 and confirms ISILAUNCH's increased customer demand for private missions co...
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