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Return of SpaceX cargo ship delayed by rough seas

May 02, 2018 (UPI)

Both NASA and SpaceX said there is nothing wrong with the spacecraft. Officials simply don't want to risk damage to the science experiments stored inside the Dr...

China developing reusable space rocket

May 01, 2018 (XNA)

It was part of China's endeavors to develop reusable space vehicles, Long Lehao, chief designer of carrier rockets at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Techno...

Vostochny Cosmodrome preps for first tourist visit

Apr 24, 2018 (Sputnik)

Representatives from Roscosmos, Russia's space tourism industry and officials from Amur region's tourism ministry have met with Moscow-based travel companies to...

Meet the nuclear-powered spaceships of the future

Apr 24, 2018 (Sputnik)

The idea for a rocket propulsion system that makes use of explosive combustion was first proposed by Russian explosives expert Nikolai Kibalchich in the late 19...

Arianespace to launch BSAT-4b; marking the 10th satellite launch for B-SAT

Apr 20, 2018 (SPX)

BSAT-4b will be launched by an Ariane 5 in 2020 from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, as part of a turnkey contract between...

Lockheed awarded $928M for hypersonic strike weapon

Apr 19, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at $928 million under the terms of a indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. Th...

New DARPA Challenge Seeks Flexible and Responsive Launch Solutions

Apr 19, 2018 (SPX)

"Current launch systems and payload development were created in an era when each space launch was a national event," said Todd Master, the DARPA Launch Challeng...

SpaceX blasts off NASA's new planet-hunter, TESS

Apr 19, 2018 (AFP)

"Three, two, one and liftoff!" said NASA commentator Mike Curie as the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) soared into the cloudless, blue sky atop a S...

US Air Force awards nearly $1 bn for hypersonic missile

Apr 19, 2018 (AFP)

The contract follows repeated warnings from senior defense officials about rapid advances by China and Russia in the field of hypersonic weaponry, where missile...

RL10 Selected for OmegA Rocket

Apr 17, 2018 (SPX)

"The RL10 has provided reliable upper stage propulsion for more than five decades and we look forward to continuing that legacy with Orbital ATK and its OmegA r...

ULA Atlas V launch to feature full complement of Aerojet Rocketdyne solid rocket boosters

Apr 17, 2018 (SPX)

The Atlas V 551 configuration features a 5-meter payload fairing, five AJ-60As and a Centaur upper stage powered by a single Aerojet Rocket RL10C-1 engine. This...

Alaska Aerospace Clarifies Commercial Aerospace Plans For Kodiak

Apr 16, 2018 (SPX)

Alaska Aerospace is responsible for any and all infrastructure development at PSCA, limiting air travel near PSCA, impact to public lands near PSCA and notifyin...

Boeing HorizonX Invests in Reaction Engines, a UK Hypersonic Propulsion Company

Apr 13, 2018 (SPX)

Reaction Engines is known for its Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE), a hybrid engine blending jet and rocket technology that is capable of Mach 5 i...

ISRO not facing funds crunch: Chairman K.Sivan

Apr 13, 2018 (IANS)

ISRO Chairman K.Sivan made the remark while was speaking to reporters here after the successful launch of the navigation satellite IRNSS-1I, a part of the NavIC...

NEXT-C Advanced Electric Propulsion Engine Cleared to Begin Production

Apr 11, 2018 (SPX)

NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster-Commercial (NEXT-C) was developed by NASA and is being commercialized by Aerojet Rocketdyne. NEXT-C has 7kW of maximum power ...

Deep Space Industries to provide Comet satellite propulsion for BlackSky, LeoStella

Apr 06, 2018 (SPX)

This announcement comes on the heels of Spaceflight Industries' recent $150 million funding and the development of LeoStella LLC, a joint venture between Spacef...

Ariane 5 launches two satellites

Apr 06, 2018 (ESA)

Arianespace's third launch of the year took place on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 6:34 p.m. (local time) from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe's Spaceport in...

Student Launch Teams Rendezvous in Huntsville for NASA Competition

Apr 06, 2018 (SPX)

Middle school, high school, college and university teams from 23 states will launch their student-built rockets from Bragg Farms in Toney, Alabama. Each rocket ...

Rocket Lab 'Its Business Time' launch window to open 20 April 2018 NZT

Apr 05, 2018 (SPX)

The 14-day 'It's Business Time' launch window will open on Friday April 20, 2018 NZT. During this time a four-hour launch window will open daily from 12:30 p.m....

New research payloads heading to ISS on SpaceX Resupply Mission

Apr 03, 2018 (SPX)

A SpaceX Dragon lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with more than 5,800 pounds of resea...