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AFRL, ABL Space Systems demonstrate rapid operation of launch systems
Apr 22, 2022 (SPX)
ABL and AFRL partnered with operators from the 2nd Space Launch Squadron and 412th Test Wing to conduct the first demonstration activity. The complete test camp...
Rocket Lab secures multi-launch contract with HawkEye 360
Apr 20, 2022 (SPX)
The multi-launch contract with HawkEye 360 will see Rocket Lab deliver 15 satellites (five clusters) to low Earth orbit across three Electron missions anticipat...
NASA builds welding test article for SLS Exploration Upper Stage
Apr 20, 2022 (SPX)
After NASA and lead contractor Boeing completed manufacturing of the test tank barrel at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, technicians moved it f...
Small spacecraft electric propulsion opens new deep space opportunities
Apr 20, 2022 (SPX)
For decades, innovators at NASA's Glenn Research Center have been developing large, high-power electric propulsion (EP) systems that harness the power of the Su...
China launches Zhongxing-6D satellite
Apr 19, 2022 (XNA)
The satellite, Zhongxing-6D, was launched at 8 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully. It will provide...
Flexible quantum sieve filters out the deuterium
Apr 15, 2022 (SPX)
Ordinary water and heavy water made from deuterium are similarly stable. Tritium (T) is extremely promising from a technical standpoint, but is not without safe...
Astra announces electric propulsion system contract with LeoStella
Apr 14, 2022 (SPX)
LeoStella designs and manufactures operational satellites cost effectively and at scale. Astra's Spacecraft Engine has demonstrated that it can assist satellite...
AFRL completes series of 1 newton ascent monopropellant thruster testing
Apr 13, 2022 (SPX)
"This work is important to the U.S. Space Force since it provides satellites with propulsive capabilities that support space resiliency and space domain awarene...
Elon Musk urges cadet researchers to keep innovating, make rocket launches 'boring'
Apr 13, 2022 (SPX)
"We want to take the fiction out of science fiction," Musk told throngs of cadets during his April 7 stopover at the school as featured speaker for the Ira C. E...
Rocket Lab Breaks Ground on Neutron Production Complex in Wallops, Virginia
Apr 12, 2022 (SPX)
The 250,000 square foot Neutron Production Complex is being constructed on a 28-acre site adjacent to the NASA Wallops Flight Facility and Mid-Atlantic Regional...
First private mission readies for launch to ISS
Apr 08, 2022 (AFP)
The partnership has been hailed by NASA, which sees it as a key step in its goal to commercialize the region of space known as "low Earth orbit," leaving the ag...
First private mission launches for International Space Station
Apr 08, 2022 (AFP)
The partnership has been hailed by NASA, which sees it as a key step in its goal to commercialize the region of space known as "Low Earth Orbit," leaving the ag...
ISRO likely to launch seven satellites during current year: Govt
Apr 08, 2022 (IANS)
"ISRO has successfully launched the Earth Observation Satellite EOS-4 onboard PSLV-C52 on February 14, 2022 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, along ...
Arianespace wins new contract to launch Sentinel-1C observation satellite on board Vega-C
Apr 08, 2022 (SPX)
"We are very proud of this new launch contract for the European Commission and the European Space Agency; it underlines our long-standing partnership for the su...
Virgin Orbit to launch maritime data satellite from the UK
Apr 08, 2022 (SPX)
The satellite, called Amber-1, is a partnership between The Catapult and Horizon Technologies. Built by AAC Clyde Space in Scotland, it will be launched by Virg...
SpinLaunch signs Space Act Agreement to test innovative mass accelerator launch system
Apr 07, 2022 (SPX)
The Space Act Agreement is part of NASA's Flight Opportunities Program, which demonstrates promising technologies for space exploration, discovery, and the expa...
Rocket Lab to attempt first mid-air helicopter capture of Electron Rocket
Apr 06, 2022 (SPX)
The "There and Back Again" mission, Rocket Lab's 26th Electron launch, will lift off from Pad A at Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula within a 14...
DARPA, AFRL, Lockheed Martin And Aerojet Rocketdyne team up for Hypersonics test
Apr 06, 2022 (SPX)
"Our work with DARPA and AFRL on the HAWC program demonstrates that air-breathing hypersonic systems are a cost-effective solution to address rapidly emerging t...
NASA delays final test for moon shot
Apr 06, 2022 (AFP)
The dress rehearsal for the giant Space Launch System is taking at launch pad 39B at Cape Canaveral, Florida -- where SpaceX is scheduled to lift off from pad 3...
Astranis Space Technologies signs with SpaceX for dedicated launch in 2023
Apr 06, 2022 (SPX)
The Astranis payload is well below the maximum payload capacity for a Falcon 9 vehicle, translating into a performance bonus that Astranis is using to tailor th...
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