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Elon Musk praises results after SpaceX intentionally blows up Starship tank
Jan 14, 2020 (Sputnik)
On 10 January, a SpaceX team of engineers blew up a miniature Starship tank, which had been built for just 20 days, Teslarati reports. After the test, SpaceX CE...
Arianespace's first launch in 2020, using Ariane 5 at the service of Eutelsat and ISRO
Jan 10, 2020 (SPX)
Arianespace will confirm its leadership in the geostationary launch services market segment through this 107th Ariane 5 mission, to be performed as the company ...
Collaboration on development of next-generation rapid launch space systems
Jan 10, 2020 (SPX)
The CRADA, which was finalized July 10, 2019, focuses on research and development collaboration efforts that will transform the standard methods for rocket test...
First NASA Artemis Rocket Core Stage loaded on Pegasus Barge
Jan 09, 2020 (SPX)
With NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard in attendance, NASA rolled out the core stage for the SLS rocket onto Pegasus in preparation for the Green Run test s...
NASA prepares Artemis I SLS rocket stage for move to Pegasus Barge
Jan 06, 2020 (SPX)
The SLS core stage includes state-of-the-art avionics, propulsion systems and two colossal propellant tanks that collectively hold 733,000 gallons of liquid oxy...
China tests micro propulsion technology for space-based gravitational wave detection
Jan 06, 2020 (XNA)
Experts from the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said they tested the variable thrust propulsion ...
Russia says first hypersonic missiles enter service
Dec 27, 2019 (AFP)
Analysts say Russia is the first country to put into combat service intercontinental ballistic missiles armed with hypersonic weapons that Putin said can travel...
China's reusable liquid rocket engine completes 500-second test
Dec 27, 2019 (XNA)
The engine, named JD-1, was developed by the Beijing-based rocket company i-Space, which is China's first private developer to send a rocket into orbit. As the ...
Commercial suborbital carrier rocket launched in China
Dec 27, 2019 (XNA)
The rocket, Tansuo-1, was developed by Space Trek. It completed the whole maneuver flight and fairing separation at high dynamic pressure during the flight. The...
Russia launches Rokot carrier rocket, Its Last Space Launch of 2019
Dec 27, 2019 (Sputnik)
Russia has launched a Rokot carrier rocket with 3 Gonets-M communication satellites and one more military satellite, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday...
Roscosmos approves preliminary design of super heavy-lift launch vehicle
Dec 24, 2019 (Sputnik)
"Last week, we approved a preliminary design of a super heavy-lift launch vehicle ... Roscosmos has decided on the manager of the super heavy-lift launch vehicl...
Europe marks 40th anniversary of first Ariane rocket launch
Dec 22, 2019 (AFP)
Following a number of delays and technical setbacks, Ariane 1 finally left the launch pad in Kourou at 2:13 pm local time on December 24, 1979. Its maiden fligh...
Arianespace's last mission of the year a complete success
Dec 19, 2019 (SPX)
COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation, the main payload on the mission, CHEOPS (Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite), and three auxiliary payloads, ANGELS, EyeSat and O...
PR GMV's avionics system will be integrated into the MIURA 1 of PLD Space
Dec 19, 2019 (SPX)
Since 2017 GMV has been working on the design, development and qualification of a complete avionics system for the space probe MIURA 1. This system takes in all...
Aerojet Rocketdyne selected to provide solid rocket motor for Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon
Dec 18, 2019 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor on the U.S. Air Force's Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon (HCSW), an air-launched, stand-off weapon that will be cap...
Equipment installation for Angara Launch Pad at Russia's Vostochny to start Sunday
Dec 17, 2019 (Sputnik)
"There is a landmark event at the cosmodrome this week as we start the installation of technological equipment for the launch complex", Kostarev said. Kostarev ...
SpaceX plans to launch JCSAT 18 Kacific 1 communication satellite Monday
Dec 17, 2019 (SPX)
The rocket launched as planned at 7:10 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The late autumn weather was ideal for the launch wit...
Scaling up for the next generation of rocket technology Down Under
Dec 13, 2019 (SPX)
The signing ceremony, held at the company's new facility in Gold Coast, Queensland, was attended by Australia's Minister of Industry, Science and Technology Kar...
NASA gears up to test fire new SLS moon rocket in Mississippi
Dec 12, 2019 (SPX)
On Tuesday, work crews were putting finishing touches on gigantic steel flame buckets that will catch and redirect exhaust as the rocket engines are fired for m...
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket makes 12th test flight
Dec 11, 2019 (AFP)
The 60-foot-long (18-meter) suborbital rocket reached an altitude of 65 miles (105 kilometers), according to preliminary information, crossing the international...
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