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Crew Dragon Propulsion System Completes Development Testing
Nov 13, 2015 (SPX)
The propulsion system SpaceX would use to power its Crew Dragon out of danger has been test-fired 27 times as the company refines the design for the demands of ...
NASA's RS-25 flight engine getting ready to fly
Nov 09, 2015 (SPX)
NASA took the next big step on its Journey to Mars on Nov. 4 by placing the first RS-25 flight engine, engine No. 2059, on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space C...
Aerojet Rocketdyne Cuts Ribbon on Premiere Propulsion and Innovation Center
Nov 09, 2015 (SPX)
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (AJRD), has hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by more than 300 people, including l...
AMRO Fabricating Corp. Lining up Panels for NASA's Space Launch System
Nov 06, 2015 (SPX)
Teams at AMRO Fabricating Corp. in South El Monte, California, show completed flight and structural test article hardware panels, arranged in order, for each se...
Antares rocket explosion revealed in fiery new NASA photos
Nov 05, 2015 (UPI)
Launching rockets is dangerous work. A reminder of that fact arrived this week in the form of a Flickr photo album, uploaded by NASA and featuring fiery close-u...
Antares rocket engine failure causes
Nov 05, 2015 (SPX)
Just three weeks ago, NASA's Independent Review Team released the Executive Summary of its Orb-3 Accident Investigation Report. This report chronicles the event...
Rocket Lab selects Alaska Aerospace for electron launch range safety
Nov 05, 2015 (SPX)
Rocket Lab has announced they have selected Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) to provide range safety support for their upcoming Electron launches in 2016. AAC...
BAE and Reaction Engines to develop a new aerospace engine
Nov 04, 2015 (SPX)
BAE Systems plc and Reaction Engines Limited ('Reaction Engines') have announced a strategic investment by BAE Systems and a working collaboration to accelerate...
Super Strypi rocket launch fails in Hawaii
Nov 04, 2015 (UPI)
The Super Strypi rocket, the first space launch from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range in Kauai, Hawaii, failed shortly after takeoff, the U.S. Air Force co...
Carinthian Research Centre Wins Contract for Space Research
Nov 04, 2015 (SPX)
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded the Carinthian research centre CTR in cooperation with the German-French company Airbus Safran Launchers GmbH the co...
NASA Team Provides Summary of its Review of Orbital ATK Accident
Oct 30, 2015 (SPX)
A NASA team that independently reviewed the unsuccessful launch last year of Orbital ATK's third commercial resupply services mission intended to deliver cargo ...
Towers of Steel for New SLS Test Stand Rising at NASA Marshall
Oct 29, 2015 (SPX)
Steel is rising for two towers that will compose a 215-foot-tall structural test stand for NASA's Space Launch System at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in ...
Methane-powered engine key to next generation landers
Oct 29, 2015 (SPX)
NASA tested components for an engine that could be used for Mars landers powered with methane, a fuel that has never before propelled a NASA spacecraft. A spect...
Wall-less Hall thruster may power future deep space missions
Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)
Hall thrusters are advanced electric rocket engines primarily used for station-keeping and attitude control of geosynchronous communication satellites and space...
NASA SLS Prime Contractor Industry Team Reaches Significant Exploration
Oct 26, 2015 (SPX)
NASA's Space Launch System program has completed its Critical Design Review, and major subsystems such as Orion's launch abort system and the SLS RS-25 engines ...
NASA Completes Critical Design Review for Space Launch System
Oct 23, 2015 (SPX)
For the first time in almost 40 years, a NASA human-rated rocket has completed all steps needed to clear a critical design review (CDR). The agency's Space Laun...
US expert questions ban on Russian rocket engine purchases
Oct 23, 2015 (Sputnik)
The United States should immediately lift the ban on the purchases of Russian-made rocket engines "for strategic security purposes," according to The Diplomat m...
Russian Rocket Engine Delivery to China May Be Agreed by December
Oct 13, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia may sign a rocket engine delivery agreement with China during Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's visit in mid-December, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitr...
Space Transport Law Keeps US Dependent on Russian Space Engines
Oct 11, 2015 (Sputnik)
Experts claim that the US government's space transportation policy continues to keep the country using primarily Russian space engines. Thomas Zimmer - The US g...
Russia to Start Development of New-Generation Engines for Rockets, Aircraft
Oct 08, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia's United Engine Corporation plans to start work on the development of advanced aircraft and rocket engines. Russia's United Engine Corporation (UEC) plan...
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