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Space and Missile Systems Center completes summer launch campaign; with small launchers next focus
Oct 14, 2019 (SPX)
Launching four critical missions in under 60 days from NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, SMC/LE's "Summer of Launch '...
Aerojet Rocketdyne teams with NASA to develop novel rocket engine technology
Oct 14, 2019 (SPX)
The goal of the project is to reduce manufacturing costs and make a thrust chamber that is easily scalable to support a variety of missions, including America's...
Aerojet Rocketdyne teams with NASA to develop novel rocket engine technology
Oct 14, 2019 (SPX)
The goal of the project is to reduce manufacturing costs and make a thrust chamber that is easily scalable to support a variety of missions, including America's...
NASA and SpaceX hope for manned mission to ISS in early 2020
Oct 11, 2019 (AFP)
Bridenstine made the announcement as he toured the California headquarters of billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX, a major contractor for NASA. The visit came as Bri...
NASA, SpaceX present united front on human spaceflight
Oct 11, 2019 (SPX)
"This is a big deal for our country," Bridenstine said, standing next to Musk at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. "We can't get it wrong. In fact, we ha...
Jet taking off from Florida will launch NASA weather satellite
Oct 10, 2019 (UPI)
The Ionospheric Connection Explorer or ICON satellite will help NASA understand and predict how solar flares interact with the earth's atmosphere and magnetic f...
SwRI hypersonic research spotlights future flight challenges
Oct 10, 2019 (SPX)
"Hypersonic speed is defined as faster than five times the speed of sound or greater than Mach 5. When something is flying that fast, the air will chemically de...
Boeing's HorizonX $20M investment in Virgin Galactic values VG at $1.5B
Oct 09, 2019 (UPI)
Boeing's venture arm HorizonX will make the investment, which gives the Chicago-based company a minority stake in Virgin Galactic and will boost the latter's va...
Sea Launch platform stripped of foreign equipment, ready to leave US for Russia
Oct 09, 2019 (Sputnik)
The Sea Launch maritime launch platform has been prepared to be moved from the US to Russia, with all of its US and Ukrainian-made components removed, a source ...
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to blast off in 2021 with private lunar lander
Oct 04, 2019 (Sputnik)
The commercial lander, known as Nova-C, is expected to launch from Complex 39A at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Kennedy Space Cente...
Virgin Orbit selects RAF pilot as it plans satellite launch program
Oct 04, 2019 (UPI)
Flight Lt. Mathew Stannard will join the Virgin Orbit program in a three-year contract. He will be one of the company's pilots in the trials of Boeing 747-400 a...
Artemis Generation takes on NASA Student Launch: 64 teams to compete
Oct 04, 2019 (SPX)
On Oct. 3, NASA announced the 64 teams from 21 states and Puerto Rico participating in the 2020 NASA Student Launch competition. The eight-month program require...
RAF pilot seconded to Virgin Orbit
Oct 04, 2019 (SPX)
The announcement was made in Long Beach, California, aboard the iconic RMS Queen Mary ship - a fitting venue given the ship's history as Winston Churchill's flo...
Italy signs first ever agreement with Virgin to launch suborbital research missions
Oct 03, 2019 (Sputnik)
On Wednesday, Virgin Galactic signed an agreement with the Italian Air Force which would include putting humans on board its suborbital spacecraft VSS Unity and...
Space Launch System mock up arrives at Kennedy for testing
Oct 03, 2019 (SPX)
The upgraded 310-foot-long barge arrived Sept. 27, 2019, ferrying the 212-foot-long Space Launch System rocket core stage pathfinder. Weighing in at 228,000 pou...
New US spacecraft to conduct first manned flights to ISS in 2020 says Roscosmos Chief
Oct 02, 2019 (Sputnik)
"The Americans expect that they will start flying on board their own spacecraft. According to NASA, with whom we were negotiating now at Baikonur, they hope to ...
Rocket Lab to launch dedicated mission for Astro Digital
Oct 02, 2019 (SPX)
The dedicated mission is scheduled to take place during a 14-day launch window opening on October 15 NZDT (14 October UTC). The mission will lift-off from Rocke...
Ariane 6's core engine completes qualification tests
Sep 30, 2019 (ESA)
The main stage Vulcain 2.1 engine will deliver 135 t of thrust to propel Ariane 6 in the first eight minutes of flight up to an altitude of 200 km. A review las...
SLS Rocket Pathfinders Prepare Teams for One-of-a-Kind Hardware Prior to Moon Mission
Sep 30, 2019 (SPX)
The core stage pathfinder is one of three pathfinder structures used by NASA to train lift crews on best practices for moving and handling the SLS rocket flight...
Musk's SpaceX unveils new Starship for private trips in space, then moon
Sep 29, 2019 (UPI)
The new Starship version called Mark 1 and a Super Heavy booster will send up to 100 people in space, then the moon and ultimately Mars. Also on display was Rap...
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