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Amazon founder strikes deal to build US rocket engines
Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)
The aerospace company Blue Origin has struck a deal to build a US-made rocket engine that aims to eliminate reliance on Russian engines for American satellite l...
Boeing, SpaceX to send astronauts to space station
Sep 16, 2014 (AFP)
NASA awarded multi-billion-dollar contracts to Boeing and SpaceX on Tuesday to build America's next spacecraft for carrying astronauts to the International Spac...
Space Launch System Will Use Massive Welding Tool
Sep 15, 2014 (SPX)
The largest spacecraft welding tool in the world, the Vertical Assembly Center officially is open for business at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orlean...
Europe readies 'space plane' for sub-orbital test flight
Sep 09, 2014 (AFP)
The European Space Agency on Tuesday put the final touches to its first-ever "space plane" before blasting it into sub-orbit for tests aimed at eventually pavin...
World's Largest Spacecraft Welding Tool for Space Launch System Completed
Sep 08, 2014 (SPX)
NASA's new Vertical Assembly Center (VAC), a 170-foot-high marvel of machinery that will be used to assemble elements of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS),...
NASA Completes Battery of Tests on Composite Cryotank
Sep 04, 2014 (SPX)
NASA has completed a complex series of tests on one of the largest composite cryogenic fuel tanks ever manufactured, bringing the aerospace industry much closer...
Putin Approves Developing Super-Heavy Rockets With Up to 150-Ton Cargo Capacity
Sep 03, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the development of super-heavy rockets with a cargo capacity of up to 150 tons, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmit...
Sparks Fly as NASA Pushes the Limits of 3-D Printing Technology
Sep 01, 2014 (SPX)
NASA has successfully tested the most complex rocket engine parts ever designed by the agency and printed with additive manufacturing, or 3-D printing, on a tes...
NASA Wrapping Up Acoustic Testing for Space Launch System
Sep 01, 2014 (SPX)
Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are wrapping up acoustic testing on a 5-percent scale model of NASA's Space Launch Syst...
Russian Military plans switch to Soyuz, Angara launchers From 2016
Aug 29, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian Defense Ministry has decided to stop using the Rokot light rocket carrier from 2016 because of its reliance on imported parts and will switch to the...
NASA Completes Review of Powerful New Rocket
Aug 29, 2014 (SPX)
NASA officials Wednesday announced they have completed a rigorous review of the Space Launch System (SLS) -- the heavy-lift, exploration class rocket under deve...
NASA deep-space rocket, SLS, to launch in 2018
Aug 27, 2014 (AFP)
The US space agency's powerful deep-space rocket, known as the Space Launch System (SLS), aims to blast off for the first time in 2018, NASA said Wednesday. The...
Ride Shotgun With NASA Saucer As It Flies to Near Space
Aug 13, 2014 (SPX)
NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project successfully flew a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space in late June from the U....
NASA Engineers Begin Testing for SLS Liquid Oxygen Feed System
Aug 12, 2014 (SPX)
Let's be honest -- geysers are really cool. You've got an eruption of water and vapor that can burst to heights of 185 feet. What's not to like about that? When...
'Impossible' engine may actually work, NASA engineers suggest
Aug 04, 2014 (UPI)
The laws of classical physics require a rocket's thrusters to push against something, creating acceleration by expelling matter (burned fuel) in the opposite di...
World's Largest Spacecraft Welding Tool Will Build Core Stage of NASA's Space Launch System
Jul 22, 2014 (SPX)
A 170-foot powerhouse -- the Vertical Assembly Center (VAC) -- is near completion and will soon be ready to build the core stage of NASA's Space Launch System (...
Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests 1 Newton Thruster for Green Propellant Infusion Mission
Jul 22, 2014 (SPX)
Aerojet Rocketdyne has successfully completed a hot-fire test on its flight-representative 1 Newton (1N) thruster at our specially designated green propellant f...
Sierra Nevada Contacts All Six On-Orbit ORBCOMM Generation 2 Satellites
Jul 22, 2014 (SPX)
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has commenced the on-orbit checkout phase for six ORBCOMM Generation 2 (OG2) satellites, establishing communication with each sa...
ESA's spaceplane set for flight
Jul 18, 2014 (ESA)
All eyes are on ESA's spaceplane to showcase reentry technologies after its unconventional launch on a Vega rocket this November. Instead of heading north into ...
Work Commences On XS-1 Spaceplane Designs
Jul 16, 2014 (SPX)
In an era of declining budgets and adversaries' evolving capabilities, quick, affordable and routine access to space is increasingly critical for both national ...
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