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Launches of Russian Rokot-2 rocket may begin again in 2021
Oct 19, 2018 (Sputnik)
"The launches of Rokot-2 may begin in 2021 if the decision to resume the project is made in 2018. The positive money flow from the implementation of the project...
Roscosmos plans to restart Soyuz launches from late November
Oct 18, 2018 (Sputnik)
The first launch since the accident may take place in Plesetsk starting from October 24 to 26, (it will be a) Soyuz-2 with a military satellite, according to re...
EU to be able to use Ariane 6 carrier rockets for manned space flights
Oct 17, 2018 (Sputnik)
"The United States is surpassing Europe due to resumption of NASA and SpaceX manned flights starting from 2019. India is also surpassing Europe due to the progr...
Space Launch System Intertank completes functional testing
Oct 16, 2018 (SPX)
The avionics, shown here inside the intertank structure, guide the vehicle and direct its power during flight. The intertank houses critical electronics that "t...
Advanced Rockets Corp appoints first Chief Operation Officer
Oct 16, 2018 (SPX)
Mr. Bartz, a 52-year-old technology veteran with international experience in communications and energy development, is based in Rancho Palos Verdes, California,...
Russia understands Soyuz incident reasons says Head of Mission
Oct 16, 2018 (Sputnik)
"We are quite clear about what happened. A series of measures are needed to avert such incidents in the future. We will continue flying," cosmonaut Vladimir Sol...
NASA continues fall series of RS-25 engine tests
Oct 15, 2018 (SPX)
Once again, the hot fire features an acceptance test of an RS-25 engine controller for use on a future flight of NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. RS...
Soyuz-FG launch vehicle assembly suspended as part of MS-10 Mission probe
Oct 15, 2018 (Sputnik)
"The Soyuz-FG rocket designed for the launch of Progress MS-10 has been already assembled into a stack [the first and second stages of the rocket] at the Baikon...
United Launch Alliance set to launch AEHF-4 for US Air Force
Oct 15, 2018 (SPX)
Producing more than two and a half million pounds of thrust at liftoff, the Atlas V 551 configuration rocket is the most powerful in the Atlas V fleet. The 551 ...
Russia creates group to consider temporary shutdown of ISS after Soyuz incident
Oct 15, 2018 (Sputnik)
"A subcommission has been created that will be engaged in considering the options for ISS further exploitation. It suggests both studying the negative scenario ...
Jeff Bezos to invest more than $1 bn in Blue Origin in 2019
Oct 15, 2018 (AFP)
Bezos -- whose real-time net worth was estimated at $145 billion by Forbes, in large part thanks to his shares in Amazon -- said he had spent about a billion do...
Russian Space Corp gets telemetry data, video to probe Soyuz failure
Oct 14, 2018 (Sputnik)
"The video recorder and telemetry data of Soyuz-FG, which had an accident during the launch on October 11, were delivered to RSC Energia for examination and in ...
Test Launch of Russia's New Unmanned Space Vehicle Could Be Postponed
Oct 12, 2018 (Sputnik)
The unmanned version of Federation was initially set to be launched from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome atop Soyuz-5 in 2022, with the second test flight planned ...
Rocket bound for ISS fails, crew survives emergency landing
Oct 11, 2018 (AFP)
Astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin were rescued without injuries in Kazakhstan. Russian investigators said they were launching a criminal probe...
Pentagon awards over $1Bln for development of new rocket launch systems
Oct 11, 2018 (Sputnik)
The Defense Department explained in the release it awarded three contracts for launch system and rocket propulsion prototypes totaling about $1.05 billion. In p...
Crew of Soyuz rocket survive emergency landing after engine problem
Oct 11, 2018 (AFP)
US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin were rescued without injuries in Kazakhstan. "The emergency rescue system worked, the vessel was ...
United Launch Alliance building rocket of the future with industry-leading strategic partnerships
Oct 11, 2018 (SPX)
"Vulcan Centaur will revolutionize spaceflight and provide affordable, reliable access to space for our current and future customers," said Tory Bruno, ULA's pr...
Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Tests Hypersonic DMRJ Engine
Oct 09, 2018 (SPX)
"Developing hypersonic capabilities has recently been cited by Department of Defense officials as the 'highest technical priority' for our nation," said Aerojet...
First SpaceX mission with astronauts set for June 2019: NASA
Oct 05, 2018 (AFP)
It will be the first manned US launch to the orbiting research laboratory since the space shuttle program was retired in 2011, forcing US astronauts to hitch co...
SpaceX uses dumping to drive Russia out of space launch market claims Roscosmos
Oct 02, 2018 (Sputnik)
"If you look at the price at which [Musk] sells Falcon [rocket launch vehicles] to the Pentagon and what its price is on the market, you'll see that it is pure ...
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