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SpaceX scrubs launch of Italian satellite from Florida, will try again Friday
Jan 28, 2022 (UPI)
"Due to unfavorable weather, now targeting Friday, January 28 at 6:11 p.m. EST for launch of COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2," the company tweeted. SpaceX pl...
Astra Awarded VADR Contract by NASA
Jan 28, 2022 (SPX)
This contract has a five-year ordering period with a maximum total value of $300 million and will be managed by the Launch Services Program at the agency's Kenn...
Rocket Lab to provide Venture Class Launch Services for NASA
Jan 28, 2022 (SPX)
Rocket Lab founder and CEO, Peter Beck says the Rocket Lab team is proud to be selected by NASA once again to provide launch services for the nation's science a...
University spy in Germany 'passed Ariane rocket details to Russia'
Jan 27, 2022 (AFP)
The accused, identified only as Ilnur N., was arrested last June, the latest in a string of alleged Russian spies uncovered on German soil at a time of the wors...
12 Companies to Provide Venture Class Launch Services for NASA
Jan 27, 2022 (SPX)
The fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts have a five-year ordering period with a maximum total value of $300 million across all contrac...
SpaceX to crash Falcon 9 rocket into Moon
Jan 26, 2022 (Sputnik)
In a first, a Space X rocket that has been navigating deep space since 2015 is expected to be crash-landed on the Moon on 4 March. The Falcon 9's second stage i...
Three, two, one: astronomers predict SpaceX space junk will hit the Moon
Jan 26, 2022 (AFP)
The rocket was deployed in 2015 to put into orbit a NASA satellite called the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR). Since then, the second stage of the rocke...
China tests new engine, 'likely to power hypersonic aircraft'
Jan 26, 2022 (XNA)
The engine, developed by the Laboratory of Spray Combustion and Propulsion under School of Aerospace Engineering at Tsinghua University, successfully conducted ...
Ariane 6 upper stage readies for tests at Europe's Spaceport
Jan 22, 2022 (ESA)
Ariane 6's central core comprises a lower stage and upper stage. The lower stage is from ArianeGroup's Les Mureaux site in France; the upper stage is from Arian...
China's new generation carrier rocket Long March-8 ready for launch
Jan 22, 2022 (XNA)
The rocket arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch Center Friday after a week of ocean transport. It will undergo final assembly and testing at the launch site. Th...
NASA prepares final rocket tests for first Artemis moon mission launch
Jan 21, 2022 (UPI)
The 322-foot-tall SLS rocket for the Artemis I mission is the largest since the last Saturn V rocket rolled out to a launch pad in 1972. The first lunar mission...
Rocket Lab readies first 2022 Electron Launch, BlackSky adds another mission to manifest
Jan 19, 2022 (SPX)
Electron is scheduled to launch the "Without Mission A Beat" mission from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during a launch window that opens February ...
SpaceX launches 2,000th Starlink satellite from Florida
Jan 19, 2022 (UPI)
The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center just after 9 p.m. after it was originally scheduled for 7:04 p.m. EST but was delayed wi...
Arianespace to launch Microcarb on Vega C
Jan 19, 2022 (SPX)
"We are very proud of this new launch contract, which underlines the capacity of Arianespace to design the most competitive launch solutions, here with Vega C, ...
Iran tests solid-fuel satellite carrier rocket
Jan 14, 2022 (AFP)
Reports carried footage released by the elite force claiming to show the successful test of the rocket's primary propulsion engine. The test marked the first ti...
$10M elevates UArizona hypersonics facilities to national prominence
Jan 14, 2022 (SPX)
The funding positions the university as a leading educational institution in the hypersonics field, said Alex Craig, an assistant professor of aerospace and mec...
Virgin Orbit mission success brings UK satellite launch one step closer
Jan 14, 2022 (SPX)
The UK Space Agency welcomes the news that Virgin Orbit successfully completed its third mission from California on Thursday 13 January, launching several satel...
Virgin Orbit air drops rocket carrying 7 satellites
Jan 14, 2022 (UPI)
The LauncherOne rocket ignited around 2:53 p.m. PST from under the wing of the company's Cosmic Girl, a modified 747, about an hour after it took off from Mojav...
SpaceX launches 105 satellites from Florida
Jan 13, 2022 (UPI)
The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off into blue sky on the Transporter-3 mission as planned at 10:25 a.m. EST from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station nea...
Watch live: Virgin Orbit plans to launch a rocket carrying 7 satellites
Jan 13, 2022 (UPI)
The LauncherOne rocket is to ignite around 2:30 p.m. PST from under the wing of the company's Cosmic Girl, a modified 747. That's about 50 minutes after it took...
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