ROCKET SCIENCE - INDO DAILY

Mar 20, 2017 (SPX)

SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, March 19, with more than 5,400 pounds of NASA cargo, and science an...

N.Korea rocket test shows 'meaningful progress': South

Mar 20, 2017 (AFP)

North Korea's latest rocket engine test showed "meaningful progress" in its missile capabilities, Seoul said Monday, as the nuclear-armed state steps up its con...

N. Korea's Kim hails engine test as 'new birth' for rocket industry

Mar 19, 2017 (AFP)

North Korea has tested a powerful new rocket engine, state media said Sunday, with leader Kim Jong-Un hailing the successful test as a "new birth" for the natio...

US BE-4 Rocket Engines to Replace Russian RD-180 on Atlas Carrier Rockets

Mar 17, 2017 (Sputnik)

BE-4 rocket engines developed by the Blue Origin company will eventually replace Russian RD-180 engines on US Atlas space launch vehicles, head of Russia's spac...

SpaceX launches EchoStar XXIII comms satellite into orbit

Mar 16, 2017 (AFP)

SpaceX on Thursday successfully launched a communications satellite into space from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The company's Falcon 9 rocket blasted o...

Kennedy's Multi-User Spaceport Streamlines Commercial Launches

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

In the past, launch pads were used almost exclusively for government missions. To support a growing private sector space economy, NASA's Kennedy Space Center ha...

Hitting the brakes at Alpha Centauri

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

While one of the most important challenges for future interstellar travel is to how send a probe to other stellar system relatively fast, another issue that nee...

Designing new rocket engines that don't blow up

Mar 13, 2017 (SPX)

The problem has haunted the space program since Apollo: the flame inside the rocket engine literally spirals out of control, producing forces that can cause the...

Europe launches fourth Earth monitoring satellite

Mar 07, 2017 (AFP)

Europe launched a fourth satellite Tuesday for its Copernicus Earth-monitoring project to track changes in forest cover and air pollution, the European Space Ag...

Blue Origin shares video of New Glenn rocket

Mar 07, 2017 (UPI)

Jeff Bezos introduced the latest concept from his company Blue Origin at the Satellite 2017 conference, the New Glenn rocket, which features a reusable first st...

Space squadron supports record-breaking satellites launch

Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)

The 20th Space Control Squadron's Charlie Crew successfully tracked India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Feb. 15. Loaded with 104 satellites, the Indian PSLV ...

Elon Musk: tech dreamer reaching for sun, moon and stars

Mar 05, 2017 (AFP)

Sending tourists for a trip around the moon is the latest big idea launched by Elon Musk, a Silicon Valley star known for turning his passions into visionary en...

ULA launches NROL-79 payload for NRO

Mar 03, 2017 (SPX)

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 March 1 at ...

Flight Hardware for NASA's Space Launch System on Its Way to Cape

Mar 01, 2017 (SPX)

The interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS) for the first flight of NASA's Space Launch System rocket is on its way by barge to United Launch Alliance's Delta...

Moon tourists risk rough ride, experts say

Mar 01, 2017 (AFP)

Non-stop vomiting, a puffy face and the constant need to pee: Volunteers for a week-long loop around the Moon may be in for a rough ride even if all goes to pla...

Spacex To Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond The Moon Next Year

Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)

SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year. They have already paid a significant deposit to do a moon missi...

SpaceX says it will fly civilians to the moon next year

Feb 27, 2017 (UPI)

Next year, two private citizens are expected to become the first humans in nearly 50 years to fly beyond low Earth orbit and circle the moon, aerospace company ...

Sounding Rocket Flies in Alaska to Study Auroras

Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)

The first of four sounding rockets scheduled for launch from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska to examine the structure of auroras was launched at 5:14 a....

SpaceX cargo ship arrives at space station

Feb 23, 2017 (AFP)

An unmanned cargo ship packed with food and supplies for astronauts arrived safely Thursday at the International Space Station, a day after SpaceX aborted the p...

SpaceX cargo ship aborts rendezvous with space station

Feb 22, 2017 (AFP)

SpaceX aborted a planned rendezvous between an unmanned Dragon cargo ship and the International Space Station Wednesday because of a GPS problem. "Dragon is in ...