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Date set for second SLS Booster qualification ground test
Apr 29, 2016 (SPX)
A full-scale, test version of the booster for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, will fire up for the second of two qualification ground tests June 28 ...
Committee votes to double Russian rocket engine procurement
Apr 29, 2016 (Sputnik)
The US Congress armed services committee voted to double the purchase of Russian-made rocket engines in a Thursday vote, US media reported. The United States ha...
US to reduce dependence on Russian rocket engines soon: Bolden
Apr 29, 2016 (Sputnik)
The US space program is close to ending its dependence on Russia's Syouz to launch American astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), National Aerona...
N. Korea registers multiple test failures with new missile: South
Apr 28, 2016 (AFP)
North Korea on Thursday made two failed bids to test fire a powerful, new medium-range ballistic missile, in a thwarted display of military strength ahead of a ...
Orbital ATK Mississippi facility builds 500th large-scale rocket structure
Apr 25, 2016 (SPX)
Orbital ATK, Inc reports that the company's Iuka, Mississippi, manufacturing plant has produced its 500th large composite rocket structure for United Launch All...
Pentagon says replacing Russian engines would cost extra $1Bln
Apr 22, 2016 (Sputnik)
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Logistics Frank Kendall said that the US armed forces will need to buy Russian RD-180 engines for Atlas rocket bo...
NASA rocket fuel pump tests pave way for methane-fueled Mars lander
Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)
NASA has tested a 3-D printed rocket engine turbopump with liquid methane - an ideal propellant for engines needed to power many types of spacecraft for NASA's ...
Solar electric propulsion for deep space exploration
Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)
NASA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. of Redmond, Washington, to design and develop an advanced electric propulsion system that will significantly advance ...
China offers electronics for Russian rocket engines
Apr 20, 2016 (Sputnik)
China is ready to share radiation-resistant electronic components used in spacecraft construction with Russia in exchange for the technology of building liquid-...
NASA Makes Leaks Easy to Spot on Tape
Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)
From Apollo through the Space Shuttle, NASA has relied on liquid hydrogen to fuel the upper stages of its launch vehicles. Hydrogen is the most efficient propel...
Development of two US engines to replace Russian RD-180 going as planned
Apr 15, 2016 (Sputnik)
The development of the replacement for the Russian RD-180 rocket engines is going well and as planned, United Launch Alliance (ULA) President and CEO Tory Bruno...
Russia working on new generation of space rocket engines
Apr 14, 2016 (Sputnik)
The Russian space industry is working on the creation of new rocket engines for advanced launch vehicles, Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos head Igor Koma...
ULA to name cause of Atlas V early booster shutdown in week
Apr 13, 2016 (Sputnik)
United Launch Alliance (ULA) will likely announce the cause of premature booster shutdown in a March 22 launch of the Cygnus spacecraft, which uses the Russian-...
Spanish Govt backs PLD Space with $1.56M program
Apr 12, 2016 (SPX)
The European launch company PLD Space has been awarded by the Spanish Government with a $1.56M propulsion project called TEPREL. TEPREL (Spanish Reusable Propul...
SLS Avionics get in the ring for the Journey to Mars
Apr 12, 2016 (SPX)
Ratana Meekham, a Qualis Corp. engineering technician at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, helps install approximately 5 miles of cabl...
Airbus team sign long-term agreement for hybrid electric propulsion systems
Apr 08, 2016 (SPX)
Airbus Group and Siemens have signed a collaboration agreement in the field of hybrid electric propulsion. In doing so, the Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of bo...
XS-1 program to ease access to space enters Phase 2
Apr 08, 2016 (SPX)
In an era of declining budgets and adversaries' evolving capabilities, quick, affordable and routine access to space is increasingly critical for both national ...
NASA 'green' propellant passes major pre-flight milestone
Apr 04, 2016 (SPX)
Like all rocket engines, the small thrusters that a spacecraft or satellite fires to maintain or change positions need fuel. Currently, many use hydrazine - a t...
Blue Origin rocket makes third successful vertical landing
Apr 02, 2016 (AFP)
American space firm Blue Origin successfully completed the third launch and vertical landing of its reusable New Shepard rocket on Saturday, company founder and...
Russia to unveil new rockets; First Vostochny launch set for April
Mar 31, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia will show the design of a super-heavy space launch vehicle before the end of 2016, the head of Roscosmos State Corporation said Wednesday. By the end of ...
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