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Russia successfully launches space freighter after crash
Feb 22, 2017 (AFP)
Russia on Wednesday successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft taking food and equipment to the International Space Station after the previous such ship crash...
Energia wants to finalize Sea Launch deal with Boeing
Feb 22, 2017 (Sputnik)
Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia is planning to reach a settlement agreement with the Boeing company on the floating rocket platform ...
Energia to make 2 modifications of Federatsiya spaceship
Feb 22, 2017 (Sputnik)
Russia's Energia rocket and space corporation is getting ready for the production of the Federatsiya spacecraft. Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (...
India to join elite rocket club after successful tests for 4-ton class satellite
Feb 21, 2017 (Sputnik)
Following the successful launch of record number of satellite into the space, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully tested its largest cryo...
Russian Aviation Company S7 Group restructures
Feb 21, 2017 (Sputnik)
Russia's S7 Space Transportation Systems (STS) company, part of the S7 Group, has been given a license to conduct launches and other space activities in Russia,...
The Unique Triumph of PSLV-C37
Feb 21, 2017 (SPX)
On February 15, 2017, PSLV-C37, the 39th mission of the workhorse launch vehicle of ISRO, injected ISRO's Cartosat-2 Series Satellite weighing 714 kg and two IS...
SpaceX blasts off cargo from historic NASA launchpad
Feb 19, 2017 (AFP)
SpaceX on Sunday blasted off its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the unmanned Dragon cargo ship, packed with food and supplies for the six astronauts living at the Int...
SpaceX aborts launch after 'odd' rocket engine behavior
Feb 18, 2017 (AFP)
SpaceX aborted its planned Dragon cargo launch to the International Space Station just seconds before liftoff Saturday due to a "slightly odd" technical issue w...
SpaceX poised to launch cargo from historic NASA pad
Feb 18, 2017 (AFP)
An unmanned SpaceX spaceship carrying food and equipment to the astronauts living at the International Space Station is poised to blast off from a historic NASA...
India puts record 104 satellites into orbit
Feb 15, 2017 (AFP)
India successfully put a record 104 satellites from a single rocket into orbit on Wednesday in the latest triumph for its famously frugal space programme. Celeb...
Airbus Safran Launchers: 77th consecutive successful launch for Ariane 5
Feb 15, 2017 (ESA)
For its first launch of the year, Ariane 5 successfully completed its mission from the European space port of Kourou (French Guiana) for the 77th consecutive ti...
All eyes on ISRO's record attempt to send 104 satellites in one mission
Feb 15, 2017 (Sputnik)
ISRO has becomes a major competitor to US space launching companies due to its cost effectiveness. February 15 record mission will make ISRO Launchpad further a...
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket vertical at Florida's Kennedy Space Center
Feb 11, 2017 (UPI)
Private space travel company SpaceX lifted it's Falcon 9 rocket at Florida's Kennedy Space Center to undergo testing in preparation for a potential launch. Spac...
Russian Space Agency Develops Program to Improve Carrier Rocket Assembly Quality
Feb 07, 2017 (Sputnik)
Russia's Roscosmos has developed a special program to improve the Soyuz carrier rockets' quality amid an accident with the Progress cargo spacecraft two months ...
India to launch record 104 satellites next week
Feb 07, 2017 (IANS)
India will create history by launching a record 104 satellites, including 101 foreign ones, on February 15 from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh, an offi...
Commercial Launch of Proton-M Carrier Rocket Planned For Early April - Roscosmos
Feb 07, 2017 (Sputnik)
A commercial launch of the Proton-M carrier rocket is planned for the beginning of April, head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos Igor Komarov said. Earlier,...
ISRO tests C25 Cryogenic Upper Stage of GSLV MkIII
Jan 31, 2017 (SPX)
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully ground tested its indigenously developed Cryogenic Upper Stage for GSLV MkIII on January 25, 2017. The cr...
Russia to call tender for 2nd Phase of Vostochny Spaceport construction in Fall
Jan 31, 2017 (Sputnik)
Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos plans to call an open tender for the second stage of the Vostochny Cosmodrome construction in autumn 2017, in the lig...
A May Day return for Proton-M carrier rocket?
Jan 30, 2017 (Sputnik)
The launches of the Proton-M carrier rocket will be resumed within 3.5 months, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Saturday. Rogozin's statement c...
Major review completed for SLS Exploration Upper Stage
Jan 30, 2017 (SPX)
NASA has successfully completed the exploration upper stage (EUS) preliminary design review for the powerful Space Launch System rocket. The detailed assessment...
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