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Dream Chaser to use Europe's next-generation docking system
Apr 10, 2017 (ESA)
ESA and a team of European industrial contractors led by QinetiQ have finalised an agreement with Sierra Nevada Corporation for the use of Europe's Internationa...
Bezos sells $1 bn in Amazon stock yearly to pay for rocket firm
Apr 06, 2017 (AFP)
Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos said he is selling $1 billion in stock of his retail giant Amazon each year to finance his rocket company, Blue Origin, whic...
US-Russia Venture Hopes to Sell More RD-180 Rocket Engines to US
Apr 06, 2017 (Sputnik)
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) will receive 11 RD-180 rocket engines in 2017 through US-Russian venture RD Amross, with the latter hoping to sell more in the ...
US Hardware Production Begins for Money-Saving Next-Generation Rockets
Apr 04, 2017 (Sputnik)
Orbital ATK's proposed launch system will reduce the cost of US government rocket and missile programs, saving taxpayers up to $600 million on these programs ov...
Flight Tests of Super-Heavy Angara-A5V Carrier Rocket May Start in 2027
Apr 03, 2017 (Sputnik)
Flight tests of Russia's new medium-class carrier rocket, Phoenix, from the Angara launch pad at Vostochny may start in 2034, the documentation also indicates. ...
Russian Plant to Overhaul Nearly All Proton Rocket Engines in 2017
Apr 03, 2017 (Sputnik)
Russia's Voronezh Mechanical Plant will overhaul nearly all the recalled engines for the Proton launch vehicles this and next year, the head of Russia's Energom...
Kremlin Believes Russia Can Compete With Private Firms Like SpaceX in Space
Apr 03, 2017 (Sputnik)
Russia believes it can compete in space with private companies including SpaceX, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday commenting on the firm's achievemen...
'Fuzzy' fibers can take rockets' heat
Mar 31, 2017 (SPX)
To stand up to the heat and pressure of next-generation rocket engines, the composite fibers used to make them should be fuzzy. The Rice University laboratory o...
SpaceX hails 'revolution' after recycled rocket launch, landing
Mar 31, 2017 (AFP)
SpaceX chief Elon Musk hailed a "revolution in spaceflight" on Thursday after blasting off a recycled rocket for the first time, a feat that could dramatically ...
Evolution of Arianespace governance ensures greater coherence with Airbus Safran Launchers
Mar 31, 2017 (SPX)
Arianespace shareholders voted unanimously to convert the launch operator and subsidiary of Airbus Safran Launchers to an SAS (simplified joint-stock company) a...
SpaceX launches first recycled rocket
Mar 30, 2017 (AFP)
SpaceX blasted off a recycled rocket for the first time on Thursday, using a booster that had previously flown cargo to the astronauts living at the Internation...
Musk diving into minds while reaching for Mars
Mar 28, 2017 (AFP)
Not content to reach for Mars and dethrone fossil fuels, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Tuesday is turning his focus to delving into people's minds. In a messag...
The Brain of the Space Launch System RS-25 Engine Passes Critical Test
Mar 27, 2017 (SPX)
An RS-25 rocket engine with a new flight-model engine controller and flight configuration software was tested for the first time at NASA's Stennis Space Center ...
Satellite launch shelved over strikes
Mar 23, 2017 (AFP)
After three days of delays caused by worker strikes in French Guiana, rocket firm Arianespace opted Thursday to postpone indefinitely the launch of satellites f...
India gets indigenously built hypersonic wind tunnel
Mar 23, 2017 (Sputnik)
The Indian Space Research Organisation on Monday commissioned the world's third-largest hypersonic wind tunnel in Thiruvananthapuram. It will be put to use in o...
Russia, China could cooperate on developing reusable rockets
Mar 23, 2017 (Sputnik)
South China Morning Post reported that China is developing a rocket whose first stage will be designed to be reusable. Such a rocket will be capable of competin...
Spaceport America sets new record for student launched sounding rocket
Mar 23, 2017 (SPX)
Spaceport America and the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering Rocket Propulsion Lab announced a record-breaking rocket launch took p...
MAXUS - Europe's largest sounding rocket to be launched from Esrange
Mar 23, 2017 (SPX)
At the beginning of April, Europe's largest sounding rocket will blast off from Esrange Space Center. For the first time in seven years, SSC is launching a MAXU...
Rocket Lab raises $75M in funding for scaling up production of electron rocket
Mar 23, 2017 (SPX)
Rocket Lab has announced closing a Series D financing round of $75 million (USD). The round was led by Data Collective, with additional investment from Promus V...
Delayed European rocket launch to go ahead after strike
Mar 21, 2017 (AFP)
The planned launch Tuesday of a European Ariane 5 rocket to place two communications satellites into orbit has been delayed due to striking workers in French Gu...
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