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Vostochny Cosmodrome preps for first tourist visit
Apr 24, 2018 (Sputnik)
Representatives from Roscosmos, Russia's space tourism industry and officials from Amur region's tourism ministry have met with Moscow-based travel companies to...
Arianespace to launch BSAT-4b; marking the 10th satellite launch for B-SAT
Apr 20, 2018 (SPX)
BSAT-4b will be launched by an Ariane 5 in 2020 from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, as part of a turnkey contract between...
SpaceX blasts off NASA's new planet-hunter, TESS
Apr 19, 2018 (AFP)
"Three, two, one and liftoff!" said NASA commentator Mike Curie as the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) soared into the cloudless, blue sky atop a S...
New DARPA Challenge Seeks Flexible and Responsive Launch Solutions
Apr 19, 2018 (SPX)
"Current launch systems and payload development were created in an era when each space launch was a national event," said Todd Master, the DARPA Launch Challeng...
Lockheed awarded $928M for hypersonic strike weapon
Apr 19, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at $928 million under the terms of a indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. Th...
US Air Force awards nearly $1 bn for hypersonic missile
Apr 19, 2018 (AFP)
The contract follows repeated warnings from senior defense officials about rapid advances by China and Russia in the field of hypersonic weaponry, where missile...
ULA Atlas V launch to feature full complement of Aerojet Rocketdyne solid rocket boosters
Apr 17, 2018 (SPX)
The Atlas V 551 configuration features a 5-meter payload fairing, five AJ-60As and a Centaur upper stage powered by a single Aerojet Rocket RL10C-1 engine. This...
RL10 Selected for OmegA Rocket
Apr 17, 2018 (SPX)
"The RL10 has provided reliable upper stage propulsion for more than five decades and we look forward to continuing that legacy with Orbital ATK and its OmegA r...
Alaska Aerospace Clarifies Commercial Aerospace Plans For Kodiak
Apr 16, 2018 (SPX)
Alaska Aerospace is responsible for any and all infrastructure development at PSCA, limiting air travel near PSCA, impact to public lands near PSCA and notifyin...
Boeing HorizonX Invests in Reaction Engines, a UK Hypersonic Propulsion Company
Apr 13, 2018 (SPX)
Reaction Engines is known for its Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE), a hybrid engine blending jet and rocket technology that is capable of Mach 5 i...
ISRO not facing funds crunch: Chairman K.Sivan
Apr 13, 2018 (IANS)
ISRO Chairman K.Sivan made the remark while was speaking to reporters here after the successful launch of the navigation satellite IRNSS-1I, a part of the NavIC...
NEXT-C Advanced Electric Propulsion Engine Cleared to Begin Production
Apr 11, 2018 (SPX)
NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster-Commercial (NEXT-C) was developed by NASA and is being commercialized by Aerojet Rocketdyne. NEXT-C has 7kW of maximum power ...
Deep Space Industries to provide Comet satellite propulsion for BlackSky, LeoStella
Apr 06, 2018 (SPX)
This announcement comes on the heels of Spaceflight Industries' recent $150 million funding and the development of LeoStella LLC, a joint venture between Spacef...
Student Launch Teams Rendezvous in Huntsville for NASA Competition
Apr 06, 2018 (SPX)
Middle school, high school, college and university teams from 23 states will launch their student-built rockets from Bragg Farms in Toney, Alabama. Each rocket ...
Ariane 5 launches two satellites
Apr 06, 2018 (ESA)
Arianespace's third launch of the year took place on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 6:34 p.m. (local time) from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe's Spaceport in...
Rocket Lab 'Its Business Time' launch window to open 20 April 2018 NZT
Apr 05, 2018 (SPX)
The 14-day 'It's Business Time' launch window will open on Friday April 20, 2018 NZT. During this time a four-hour launch window will open daily from 12:30 p.m....
New research payloads heading to ISS on SpaceX Resupply Mission
Apr 03, 2018 (SPX)
A SpaceX Dragon lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with more than 5,800 pounds of resea...
SpaceX launches cargo to space station using recycled rocket, spaceship
Apr 02, 2018 (AFP)
"Falcon 9 is on its way," a SpaceX commentator said as the white rocket surged skyward over Cape Canaveral, Florida at 4:30 pm (2030 GMT). SpaceX's Jessica Jens...
Funds shortage pulls the brakes on India's crucial space programs
Mar 29, 2018 (Sputnik)
The shortage is so severe that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) may not be able to "advance actions for procurement of materials and renewal of fab...
Chinese scientists developing bee-inspired aerospace vehicle
Mar 27, 2018 (Sputnik)
According to the announcement posted on the academy's official website, the body of a bee was the prototype for the creation of the spacecraft. The morphing spa...
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