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NASA stacks elements for upper portion of Artemis II Core Stage
May 28, 2021 (SPX)
Teams had previously stacked the liquid oxygen tank and intertank on April 28. The joining of the three structures together is the first major assembly of core ...
PLD Space receives ESA contract to study reusing MIURA 5 boosters
May 28, 2021 (SPX)
The euro 1M in financial support from ESA will enable PLD to study a series of optimised trajectories, in terms of viability and of safety for recovery of an in...
Russian rocket launches UK telecom satellites after delay
May 28, 2021 (AFP)
During the launch, which was carried out by Arianespace, the world's leading satellite launch company, the Soyuz rocket took off at 1738 GMT. "The launch went a...
Launch postponed for Soyuz rocket with UK telecom satellites
May 27, 2021 (AFP)
OneWeb, a London-headquartered company, is working to complete the construction of a constellation of low earth orbit satellites providing enhanced broadband an...
A passion for hypersonics propels success at AFRL Lab
May 27, 2021 (AFNS)
1st Lt. Jonathan "Luke" Hill turned his enthusiasm for math into a career at the Air Force Research Laboratory, where he was able to put his problem-solving cap...
Competitor fears Musk's SpaceX could 'monopolise' space
May 27, 2021 (AFP)
Elon Musk's Starlink constellation project recently received authorisation from US regulator the Federal Communications Commission to provide broadband from spa...
SpaceX cargo mission to carry water bears, baby squids to space station
May 26, 2021 (UPI)
Like so many experiments before them, the bulk of the experimental setups being carried aboard SpaceX CRS-22 are designed to illuminate the health risks facing ...
British spaceflight to become reality as government provides launchpad for spaceports
May 25, 2021 (SPX)
Another barrier to space exploration from UK soil has been lifted, with spaceports expected to be in operation from next summer. Developed with the UK Space Age...
Merida Aerospace plans to begin rocket test launches in 2021
May 25, 2021 (SPX)
Over the past years, the team at Merida Aerospace has showcased exemplary projects, including the development of patented satellite communication systems and sp...
Virgin Galactic completes first human spaceflight from Spaceport America, New Mexico
May 22, 2021 (SPX)
VSS Unity achieved a speed of Mach 3 after being released from the mothership, VMS Eve, and reached space, at an altitude of 55.45 miles before gliding smoothly...
SpaceX's 22nd Commercial Resupply Mission to ISS
May 21, 2021 (SPX)
Highlights of the payloads on this resupply mission include: Water bears take on space Tardigrades, known as water bears due to their appearance under a microsc...
NASA fires up fourth RS-25 engine test
May 21, 2021 (SPX)
The engine was fired for more than 8 minutes (500 seconds) on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, the same amount of time RS-25 engin...
From Moon bases to Martian cities Musk eyes new era for humanity
May 21, 2021 (Sputnik)
Renowned tech entrepreneur and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has recently doubled down on his calls for establishing a human presence on other planets. According to ...
Roscosmos shows design of future nuclear-powered spacecraft
May 21, 2021 (Sputnik)
Alexander Bloshenko, executive director for advanced programs and science at Roscosmos, presented two images of future spacecraft with the Zeus nuclear-powered ...
Virgin Galactic completes successful space flight
May 21, 2021 (UPI)
"We're gonna go through the data deeply and thoroughly as we always do." In a statement, Colglazier called the flight a "major step forward for both Virgin Gala...
Pangea Aerospace to test aerospike rocket engine
May 20, 2021 (SPX)
MAY 2021 - Pangea Aerospace, a leading European space start-up, announced the completion of its Series Seed round of euro 3 million (USD 3.6 million), bringing ...
Bitcoin tumble slows with help from Elon Musk
May 20, 2021 (AFP)
The virtual currency fell to almost $30,000 -- less than half the record value it reached last month -- before climbing back over $39,500 around 2000 GMT. It wa...
NASA joins two major Artemis II Core Stage Structures
May 20, 2021 (SPX)
Later, they will add the forward skirt to form the upper portion of the core stage that will help power Artemis II, the first crewed mission of NASA's Artemis P...
New Phoebus contract paves the way for development of future lightweight composite rocket stages
May 18, 2021 (SPX)
The goal is thus to improve its performance (in particular, an increased payload capacity of about two metric tons to geostationary transfer orbit), and to vali...
Proposed base for Elon Musk's SpaceX project threatens lands and livelihoods in Biak, Papua
May 18, 2021 (The Conversation)
SpaceX, an aerospace corporation founded in 2002 by Musk, is arguably the world's most leading-edge technological project. It aims to enable humans to travel to...
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