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NASA accelerates pace of Core Stage production with new tool

Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)

It houses four RS-25 engines that will produce 2 million pounds of thrust to send the rocket and NASA's Orion spacecraft on lunar missions. Technicians moved th...

NASA, Blue Origin agreement signals growth of commercial space

Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)

Under a Commercial Space Launch Act agreement, Blue Origin will upgrade and refurbish Test Stand 4670, at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala...

1st manned flight of Crew Dragon to ISS postponed due to accident

Apr 22, 2019 (Sputnik)

"The SuperDraco engines of the emergency response systems of the Dragon 2 spacecraft were being tested. For this purpose, the return mechanism of the unmanned s...

SpaceX to launch cargo resupply mission despite Crew Dragon mishap

Apr 22, 2019 (UPI)

According to NASA officials, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is still scheduled to launch the company's Dragon cargo spacecraft on April 30. "The NASA and SpaceX teams...

Incident on SpaceX pad could delay its first manned flight

Apr 21, 2019 (AFP)

"Earlier today, SpaceX conducted a series of engine tests on a Crew Dragon test vehicle on our test stand at Landing Zone 1 in Cape Canaveral, Florida," a Space...

SpaceX Says 'Anomaly' Happened During Fire Tests of Crew Dragon's Abort Engines

Apr 20, 2019 (Sputnik)

The tests were carried out on Saturday at SpaceX's test stand in Cape Canaveral, located in the southeastern US state of Florida. "The initial tests completed s...

SpaceX Crew Dragon test firing results in cloud of smoke, called 'anomaly'

Apr 20, 2019 (UPI)

Bridenstine tweeted that the nation's planned space missions with crews will move forward safely. The test firing was a preliminary event leading to a return to...

First launch of Soyuz MS on new Soyuz-2 rocket planned for 2020

Apr 18, 2019 (Sputnik)

"The first launch of the manned transport spacecraft Soyuz MS using the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle with a crew on board will take place in the first half of 2020," ...

Elon Musk: Engines from core Falcon Heavy booster 'seem OK'

Apr 18, 2019 (UPI)

Landing the rocket's three boosters, which have on-board navigation systems, is crucial to SpaceX's reusability strategy, which allows lower launch costs. The F...

SpaceX loses Falcon Heavy rocket center core booster in Atlantic

Apr 17, 2019 (Sputnik)

Two of the boosters, landed off the Florida coast, successfully made their way back home. However, another one - the central core - touched down on a "drone shi...

Sea Launch venture may be moved from US to Russia's Far East

Apr 17, 2019 (Sputnik)

"The possibility of relocating the Sea Launch platform to the Far East, specifically to the Sovetskaya Harbor, for launching the Soyuz-5 Light rocket is being c...

NASA Takes Advantage of Innovative 3-D Printing Process for SLS Rocket

Apr 16, 2019 (SPX)

Technicians and engineers have qualified 3D printing to aid in the application of the thermal protection system to the smaller, more intricate parts of the rock...

Russia Developing Launch Vehicles Similar to Falcon Heavy - Deputy PM

Apr 15, 2019 (Sputnik)

"Of course, we are working on it [projects on launch vehicles with reusable boosters]... And as for our [US] colleagues, we can only be happy for them, it is a ...

Drop test proves technologies for reusable microlauncher

Apr 15, 2019 (ESA)

Miura 5 (formerly Arion 2) is aimed to provide dedicated launches for small satellites of up to 300 kg to low Earth orbit, in 2021. It weighs 14 t at liftoff, a...

Roscosmos, S7 Group Mull Developing Reusable Commercial Space Vehicle

Apr 15, 2019 (Sputnik)

"They [S7 Group] will be very useful to us from the point of view of developing Soyuz-5 Light, a lightweight commercial version of the [Soyuz-5] rocket [...] We...

World's largest plane makes first test flight

Apr 13, 2019 (AFP)

The mega jet carried out its maiden voyage over the Mojave desert. It is designed to carry into space, and drop, a rocket that would in turn ignite to deploy sa...

Europe's institutions consider Ariane 6 and Vega-C

Apr 12, 2019 (ESA)

Daniel Neuenschwander, ESA's Director of Space Transportation and Stephane Israel, CEO at Arianespace welcomed about 100 attendees to a conference last week on ...

SpaceX scrubs 1st commercial Falcon Heavy launch due to strong wind

Apr 11, 2019 (AFP)

The next window for the mission is Thursday, the company said. The rocket is to carry a Saudi satellite operated by Arabsat, a year after sending founder Elon M...

SpaceX carries out first commercial launch of Falcon Heavy

Apr 11, 2019 (AFP)

The bright white rocket rose with a roar and spewed thick gray smoke on the ground as it made its way up into clear blue skies over Cape Canaveral, Florida, tra...

Russia Maintains High Quality of RD-180 Rocket Engines - ULA

Apr 09, 2019 (Sputnik)

"They [Russians] are actually doing a very good job and they are being very responsive. The quality is maintained high and we have had no issues with supply fro...