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Russia's formidable Satan Missile converted into carrier rocket
May 22, 2018 (Sputnik)
After the START-1 treaty was signed, the Russian government began looking into possibilities of utilizing the R-36 Voevoda (NATO reporting name SS-18 Satan) mis...
Two sportscar-sized satellites in orbit to measure Earth's water
May 22, 2018 (AFP)
"Three, two, one, liftoff!" said a SpaceX commentator as the Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 12:47 pm Pacific time (194...
Russia May Renew 'Satan' Missile Launches to Place Satellites In Orbit
May 21, 2018 (Sputnik)
In March, then-Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said that Russia's space industry was ready to use Satan missiles that will then be replaced with Sa...
Chinese private firm launches first space rocket
May 17, 2018 (AFP)
OneSpace, the Beijing-based company behind the launch, is one of dozens of Chinese rivals jostling for a slice of the global space industry, estimated to be wor...
US indirectly confirms existence of Russia's hypersonic weapons
May 17, 2018 (Sputnik)
The sources, speaking to CNBC on condition of anonymity, reported that Russia tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic glide vehicle (presumably the Avangard) twice ...
NASA's emerging microgap cooling to be tested aboard New Shepard
May 16, 2018 (SPX)
Thermal engineer Franklin Robinson, who works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is scheduled to fly his experiment aboard the fully ...
RL10 engine to power ULA's new Vulcan Centaur Upper Stage
May 14, 2018 (SPX)
"Having the RL10 selected to support Vulcan Centaur means ULA and Aerojet Rocketdyne will continue working together to extend our track record of mission succes...
SpaceX launches most powerful Falcon 9 yet
May 11, 2018 (AFP)
The rocket is designed to require far less maintenance and refurbishment between flights, and is certified to carry humans to space later this year when SpaceX ...
US accelerating hypersonic weapons development to catch up with China, Russia
May 11, 2018 (Sputnik)
"I am working with the team on acceleration and I am very confident that a significant acceleration is possible," Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air For...
China to launch first rocket developed by private company
May 10, 2018 (XNA)
Shu Chang, CEO of One Space said its rocket OS-X was now at a testing ground in northwest China preparing for the first launch. Established in August 2015, One ...
Musk sets goal for two flights in 24 hours with same Falcon 9 rocket
May 10, 2018 (UPI)
But before it's retired, Musk hopes Block 5 will significantly alter the economics of rocketry. In a phone conference with reporters ahead of Thursday's Block 5...
Testing maintenance-free engines that power science in deep space
May 10, 2018 (SPX)
At NASA Glenn Research Center, engineers have recently set a record of operating a free-piston Stirling engine at full power, for over 110,000 hours of cumulati...
SpaceX postpones next-gen rocket launch
May 10, 2018 (AFP)
The next launch opportunity at Cape Canaveral, Florida opens Friday, with a slightly more than two-hour window starting at opening at 4:14 pm (2014 GMT) and end...
TDM Bridge Builder: Daniel Herman, Solar Electric Propulsion System Lead
May 09, 2018 (SPX)
As an experienced electric propulsion team lead at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, he was a natural choice for the SEP project's electric propulsion ...
Reduce, Reuse, Rockets?
May 07, 2018 (SPX)
Or perhaps it was his grandfather that sparked the interest, an eclectic engineer who had a yard peppered with aircraft engines and a barn filled with an entire...
SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship returns to Earth
May 05, 2018 (AFP)
"Good splashdown of Dragon confirmed, completing SpaceX's third resupply mission to and from the @Space_Station with a flight-proven spacecraft," tweeted the co...
Return of SpaceX cargo ship delayed by rough seas
May 02, 2018 (UPI)
Both NASA and SpaceX said there is nothing wrong with the spacecraft. Officials simply don't want to risk damage to the science experiments stored inside the Dr...
NASA Science to Return to Earth aboard SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft
May 02, 2018 (SPX)
The Dragon spacecraft will be taken by ship to Long Beach, where some cargo will be removed immediately for return to NASA. Dragon then will be prepared for a r...
China developing reusable space rocket
May 01, 2018 (XNA)
It was part of China's endeavors to develop reusable space vehicles, Long Lehao, chief designer of carrier rockets at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Techno...
Meet the nuclear-powered spaceships of the future
Apr 24, 2018 (Sputnik)
The idea for a rocket propulsion system that makes use of explosive combustion was first proposed by Russian explosives expert Nikolai Kibalchich in the late 19...
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