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Specialized Transporters Move Core Stage of NASA's Space Launch System Rocket
Sep 01, 2016 (SPX)
Any fitness expert will say it is important to take care of your body's core. Any engineer will say the same about rockets. Before NASA's Space Launch System - ...
India tests new scramjet rocket engine
Aug 31, 2016 (Sputnik)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully tested its new scramjet engine and expects a commercial launch. This is being touted as the most ...
Russia to spend big upgrading rocket engine reliability
Aug 25, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russian state space corporation Roscosmos is allocating over 1.9 billion rubles ($29 million) to upgrading carrier rocket engines, rocket boosters and spacecraf...
Russia to design super-heavy carrier rocket
Aug 24, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia's S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia General Director said that state space corporation Roscosmos has started work on designing a ne...
Orbital ATK and NASA report outcomes from Qualification Motor QM-2 test
Aug 15, 2016 (SPX)
NASA and Orbital ATK report that data gathered and reviewed to date from the second five-segment qualification motor (QM-2) test show the solid rocket motor man...
First results show success for second NASA SLS booster test
Aug 15, 2016 (SPX)
For two heart-pumping minutes, the booster for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, demonstrated its power and operated as planned at nearly 6,000 degree...
NASA to hold Industry Day to discuss Universal Stage Adapter
Aug 15, 2016 (SPX)
NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland will host an industry day on Aug. 17 to share information about a Draft Request for Proposal for the Space Launch Syst...
Watch a tiny space rocket work
Aug 10, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Maryland and Michigan Technological University have operated a tiny proposed satellite ion rocket under a microscope to see how...
Progress is Heard as RS-25 Engine Roars to Life for NASA's Space Launch System
Aug 02, 2016 (SPX)
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. has tested NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) RS-25 development engine, 0528, as the engine ...
Dream Chaser Spacecraft to Begin Phase Two Flight Testing
Aug 02, 2016 (SPX)
Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Dream Chaser full-scale, flight test vehicle is ready for transportation to NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) in ...
India Set to Test Domestically-Produced Scramjet Engine in Third Quarter
Jul 26, 2016 (Sputnik)
In a bid to position itself as a competitive provider of launch services, India has developed a new rocket capable of doing the job faster and at a lower cost. ...
NASA completes first shell buckling tests with a bang
Jul 22, 2016 (SPX)
How do you learn how to build stronger, lighter rockets and spacecraft structures? Come up with a totally new design, use an innovative material, build the rock...
Reaction Engines secures funding to enable development of SABRE demonstrator engine
Jul 17, 2016 (SPX)
Reaction Engines Ltd., today announces the signing of a 10m euro European Space Agency (ESA) contract which will enable the development of a ground based demons...
A Peek Inside SLS: Fuel Tank For World's Largest Rocket Nears Completion
Jul 12, 2016 (SPX)
While this may look like a futuristic tunnel to another world, it is really looking up inside a nearly complete fuel tank for NASA's powerful, new rocket-the Sp...
China announces success in technology to refuel satellites in orbit
Jul 06, 2016 (XNA)
China has successfully completed the in-space refuel of orbital satellites following last week's launch of a new generation carrier rocket, the National Univers...
Advanced Full Range Engine program envisions hybrid propulsion system paving
Jun 28, 2016 (SPX)
In the decades-long quest to develop reusable aircraft that can reach hypersonic speeds-Mach 5 (approximately 3,300 miles per hour/5,300 kilometers per hour) an...
NASA tests deep space rocket booster ahead of 2018 mission
Jun 28, 2016 (AFP)
NASA on Tuesday performed its second and last test-fire of a rocket booster for the Space Launch System (SLS), a powerful engine that may one day launch astrona...
ISRO tells aerospace industry to enhance capacity to meet demands
Jun 28, 2016 (IANS)
The Indian aerospace industry should enhance its capacity to meet the growing demand for space-based services, India's space agency ISRO said. "It is imperative...
N.Korean missile reached 1,000 kilometre-altitude: Japan
Jun 22, 2016 (AFP)
One of two powerful medium-range missiles launched by North Korea on Wednesday reached an altitude of 1,000 kilometres (620 miles), Japan's defence ministry sai...
Russia, China to Sign Intellectual Property Deal on Rocket Tech
Jun 22, 2016 (Sputnik)
Moscow and Beijing are set to sign a deal on the protection of intellectual property in the field of rocket technologies during Russian President Vladimir Putin...
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