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Vega ready for GOKTURK-1A to be encapsulated
Nov 17, 2016 (ESA)
The lightweight member of Arianespace's launcher family has completed its basic assembly at the Spaceport in French Guiana, with this four-stage Vega vehicle no...
Ariane 5 at launch zone for Nov 17 mission with four Galileo satellites
Nov 16, 2016 (ESA)
Arianespace's sixth Ariane 5 for liftoff this year has rolled out to the launch zone in French Guiana, clearing the way for the heavy-lift vehicle's first-ever ...
Airbus Safran Launchers and ESA sign confirmation of the Ariane 6 program
Nov 11, 2016 (SPX)
The European Space Agency and Airbus Safran Launchers, industrial prime contractor of the Ariane 6 launcher, have signed the amendment to the agreement of 12 Au...
US revives hypersonic aerospace research
Nov 09, 2016 (Sputnik)
A forum covering aeronautics in the US, at the Mojave Air and Space Port, points to the development of hypersonic aviation. Following the grounding of the super...
JCSAT-15 arrives in Kourou for Dec Ariane 5 launch
Nov 08, 2016 (ESA)
Payload preparations for the December dual-passenger flight of Arianespace's heavy-lift Ariane 5 are moving into gear following JCSAT-15's arrival at the Spacep...
China launches first heavy-lift rocket
Nov 03, 2016 (AFP)
China launched its most powerful rocket ever on Thursday, state media said, as the country presses on with a program which has seen it become a major space powe...
Aerojet Rocketdyne completes SLS launch abort engine hot fire tests
Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)
Aerojet Rocketdyne has successfully completed a series of hot-fire tests on two Launch Abort Engines (LAE) featuring innovative new propellant valves for Boeing...
NASA Uses Tunnel Approach to Study How Heat Affects SLS Rocket
Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)
NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, will hit high temperatures as it reaches speeds of more than 17,000 mph in just 8.5 minutes. So, how does heat affec...
Raytheon gets $174 million Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon contract
Nov 01, 2016 (UPI)
Raytheon has been awarded a $174 million U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract for the Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon Concept program. The co...
SpaceX Aims to Resume Falcon 9 Flights in 2016, Blames Helium Tank for Explosion
Nov 01, 2016 (Sputnik)
According to a statement released October 28, SpaceX has made progress in determining the cause of last month's accident on the Falcon 9 rocket's launch pad and...
SpaceX zeroes in on helium containers for rocket explosion
Oct 30, 2016 (UPI)
SpaceX has zeroed in on what caused one of the private space company's Falcon 9 rockets to explode on the launch pad nearly two months ago. The Federal Aviation...
Proven engine packs big, in-space punch for Space Launch System
Oct 27, 2016 (SPX)
The thundering roar of a rocket leaving the launch pad is a familiar sight. Much less familiar is the job of the smaller upper stage engines that do their job m...
Boosting Europe's all-electric satellites
Oct 20, 2016 (SPX)
ESA astronaut Tim Peake this week opened a UK facility that will expand Europe's capability with satellites that rely wholly on electric propulsion. Sited in Be...
Guiding Supply Ship to the International Space Station
Oct 19, 2016 (SPX)
The Cygnus spacecraft launched Oct. 17, embarking on its sixth cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA's Commercial Orbital T...
First launch for Orbital's Antares rocket since '14 blast
Oct 18, 2016 (AFP)
Orbital ATK on Monday launched its Antares rocket for the first time since a massive explosion after liftoff two years ago en route to the International Space S...
The Pressure is On for SLS Hardware in Upcoming Test
Oct 18, 2016 (SPX)
Engineers are getting ready to put the pressure on hardware for the world's most powerful rocket, NASA's Space Launch System, as part of a rigorous test series ...
Orbital ATK launches cargo into space aboard Antares rocket
Oct 17, 2016 (AFP)
Orbital ATK on Monday blasted off its revamped Antares rocket carrying supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station two years after a maj...
First launch for Orbital's Antares rocket since '14 blast
Oct 17, 2016 (AFP)
Orbital ATK is poised to launch an Antares rocket Monday for the first time since a massive explosion after liftoff two years ago en route to the International ...
Rocket scientists reach for the sky
Oct 13, 2016 (XNA)
Deng Xinyu, 32, has lived in Beijing since 2002 when he left his hometown of Huaihua in Hunan province, and moved to the capital to enter university. In common ...
Aerojet Rocketdyne motor plays key role in Blue Origin crew escape test
Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)
Aerojet Rocketdyne has announced that its Blue Origin Crew Capsule Escape Solid Rocket Motor (CCE SRM) was part of the successful In-Flight Escape Test conducte...
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