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Robotic maker system will build biggest composite rocket parts ever made
Aug 05, 2015 (SPX)
A titan now resides at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. This titan is no Greek god, but one of the largest composites manufacturing r...
Russia delivers 2 RD-181 rocket engines to US
Aug 05, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia has shipped two RD-181 rocket engines to the US under a $1 billion contract with US Orbital Sciences Corporation for the delivery of 60 engines for its A...
Early brake deployment caused SpaceShipTwo accident: NTSB
Jul 28, 2015 (AFP)
US safety officials on Tuesday accused the builders of a commercial space vehicle of failing to factor in human error that caused its disintegration over the Mo...
United Launch Alliance announces propulsion development program
Jul 28, 2015 (SPX)
United Launch Alliance (ULA), the nation's premier launch service provider, has announced the company will locate a propulsion testing and manufacturing operati...
Space Launch System design 'right on track' for journey to Mars
Jul 28, 2015 (SPX)
You know the feeling of pride and achievement when you've worked really hard on a term paper, and finally turn it in? That's how the critical design review team...
India tests locally developed high thrust cryogenic rocket for 800 seconds
Jul 22, 2015 (SPX)
India's first indigenously designed and developed High Thrust cryogenic rocket engine generating a nominal thrust of 19 tonnes was successfully endurance hot te...
RS-25 Engine Revs Up Again
Jul 21, 2015 (SPX)
In auto racing parlance, NASA engineers put the "pedal to the metal" during a July 17 test of its Space Launch System (SLS) RS-25 rocket engine at Stennis Space...
Engineers help NASA fine-tune new Space Launch System
Jul 03, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Georgia College of Engineering are helping NASA determine if a key rocket component can withstand the rigors of the next genera...
Longest SLS Engine Test Yet Heats Up Summer Sky
Jul 01, 2015 (SPX)
South Mississippi was hotter than usual on June 25 when the fire and heat produced by the longest test firing yet of a Space Launch System (SLS) RS-25 rocket en...
US Space Command warns on overly fast Russian rocket engine phase out
Jul 01, 2015 (Sputnik)
Guaranteeing US access to space requires the continued purchase and use of Russia's RD-180 rocket engine, Commander of US Air Force Space Command General John H...
String of cargo disasters puts pressure on space industry
Jun 29, 2015 (AFP)
The global space industry is reeling after three cargo disasters in less than a year have delivered a costly blow to efforts to supply astronauts aboard the Int...
US Rocketeers Take Home Championship
Jun 25, 2015 (SPX)
Seven students from the Russellville City Schools of Russellville, Ala., won first place in the International Rocketry Challenge at the 2015 Paris Air Show on J...
ESA spaceplane on display
Jun 22, 2015 (ESA)
The February flight of ESA's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is yielding invaluable insights and results for future reentry craft. The spaceplane, being displ...
RS-25 Engine Fires Up for Third Test in Series
Jun 17, 2015 (SPX)
Ladies and gentlemen, we've started our engine. An RS-25 engine fired up for 500 seconds June 11 at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi....
Communicating with hypersonic vehicles in flight
Jun 17, 2015 (SPX)
Near the end of the movie Apollo 13, which depicts the harrowing journey of the three astronauts aboard the aborted 1970 lunar mission, the tension mounts in te...
Faster Than Light: China's Hypersonic WU-14 Getting on Pentagon's Nerves
Jun 16, 2015 (Sputnik)
China's new hypersonic weaponry may have the potential to neutralize US strategic missile defenses due to its unparalleled capability of maneuvering to avoid tr...
Boeing to Build Third All-Electric
Jun 16, 2015 (SPX)
Boeing is on contract to build ABS-8, the third all-electric propulsion 702SP (small platform) satellite for ABS, a commercial satellite provider based in Bermu...
US space firm supports need to ease Russian rocket engines ban
Jun 05, 2015 (Sputnik)
The US space company United Launch Alliance (ULA) supports US Air Force secretary's view on the need to ease the ban on Russian rocket engines, ULA spokeswoman ...
US Air Force Launches Competition to Replace Russian Rocket Engines
Jun 04, 2015 (Sputnik)
The US Air Force formally kicked off a contest for the development of new rocket propulsion systems which would replace Russian-built RD-180 engines, Lieutenant...
NASA Looks to Cut Travel Time to Mars in Half with Superfast Propulsion
Jun 04, 2015 (Sputnik)
As NASA begins laying the foundations for a future mission to Mars, the Agency wants to use its partnership with a rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer to...
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