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University student projects launch from NASA Wallops

Mar 27, 2018 (SPX)

The two-stage Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket carried the projects to an altitude of 107 miles. The projects then descended by parachute, landing in t...

3D printing rocket engines in SPAIN

Mar 23, 2018 (SPX)

Z2I is thrilled to have the support of FADA-CATEC technologies' and its professionals and is looking forward to working closely with them. The plans of the comp...

Soyuz rocket rolled out for launch

Mar 20, 2018 (SPX)

The Soyuz rocket that will shoot the new Expedition 55-56 trio to space rolled out to its launch pad early this morning. A train slowly hauled the rocket, as it...

Aerojet Rocketdyne Ships Starliner Re-entry Thrusters

Mar 18, 2018 (SPX)

The Starliner crew module is designed to transport up to seven passengers or a mix of crew and cargo for missions to low-Earth orbit destinations. Developed in ...

Air Force awards launch contracts to SpaceX and ULA

Mar 18, 2018 (SPX)

United Launch Alliance (ULA) has been awarded a $351,839,510 firm-fixed-price contract, for launch services to deliver Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-8 and AFS...

SpaceX launches innovative secondary payload dispenser along side Hispasat

Mar 16, 2018 (Sputnik)

The celebratory 50th launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was supposed to be a regular satellite delivery for Hispasat, a Spanish-language communications operator...

ILS secures additional launch orders for Proton medium vehicle

Mar 16, 2018 (SPX)

The Proton Medium launch vehicle is an optimized 2-stage version of the heritage Proton Breeze M vehicle. The medium class vehicle serves the lighter weight sat...

India working on 16 ton payload capacity to GEO Transfer Orbit

Mar 16, 2018 (Sputnik)

"India has a Launch Vehicle system with a capability to put 4 - ton class of satellites to GTO, whereby meeting all the national requirements. While other count...

SpaceX launches innovative secondary payload dispenser along side Hispasat

Mar 16, 2018 (Sputnik)

The celebratory 50th launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was supposed to be a regular satellite delivery for Hispasat, a Spanish-language communications operator...

Air Force Chief of Staff: US 'On Track' to Replace Russian RD-180 Rocket Engine

Mar 16, 2018 (Sputnik)

"Right now we are on track... to complete the transition period [and] come out the back end with two domestic service providers," Goldfein said when asked for a...

It's Business Time at Rocket Lab

Mar 15, 2018 (SPX)

The flight's name was put to a vote on social media, with "It's Business Time" coming out as a clear fan favourite and a continuation of company's previous flig...

Ukraine eyes new Spaceport downunder

Mar 13, 2018 (Sputnik)

According to The West Australian newspaper, Kiev has been lobbying both Canberra and the northwestern Australian state government of Kimberley for two years now...

Arianespace lofts 4 more O3b sats for SES led constellation

Mar 12, 2018 (ESA)

This mission was the second of the year for Arianespace, the first in 2018 using a Soyuz rocket and the second launch since January for the global operator SES....

Elon Musk plans to launch spacecraft for Mars in 2019

Mar 11, 2018 (UPI)

"We are building the first ship, or interplanetary ship, right now," Musk said during a question and answer session at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. "And ...

NASA team outfits Orion for abort test with lean approach

Mar 07, 2018 (SPX)

The approach involves considering how to do things differently, finding ways to execute elements of the buildup more efficiently and pushing on the norms of doi...

SpaceX carries out 50th launch of Falcon 9 rocket

Mar 06, 2018 (AFP)

The launch of the Falcon 9 carrying a Hispasat Spanish-language telecommunications and broadband satellite took place on schedule at 12:33 am (0533 GMT) from Ca...

SpaceX launches 50th Falcon 9 rocket

Mar 06, 2018 (AFP)

The launch of the Falcon 9 carrying the Hispasat, a Spanish telecommunications and broadband satellite, took place at 12:33 am (0533 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Ai...

World-first firing of air-breathing electric thruster

Mar 06, 2018 (ESA)

ESA's GOCE gravity-mapper flew as low as 250 km for more than five years thanks to an electric thruster that continuously compensated for air drag. However, its...

Action plan approved for next Ariane 5 launches

Mar 03, 2018 (ESA)

As stated in the Arianespace press release of 23 February, the direct cause of the trajectory deviation on 25 January was an incorrect value provided to the lau...

GOES-S marks 100th launch of Rocketdyne AJ-60A solid rocket booster

Mar 03, 2018 (SPX)

The AJ-60A is one of numerous Aerojet Rocketdyne products on both the ULA Atlas V launch vehicle and the Lockheed Martin-built Geostationary Operational Environ...