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Marshall Propellant Tank Tech Benefits SLS Development
Jul 15, 2014 (SPX)
Take a two-liter bottle, and fill it with water. Now, turn it upside down. Did you see a lot of bubbles as the liquid drains rapidly from the top? That's becaus...
First Angara Test Launch Successful
Jul 09, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
Russian Defense Ministry Army General Sergei Shoigu has reported to Russian President, Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin the first successful test launch of the...
Russia to make fresh attempt to launch new rocket
Jul 05, 2014 (AFP)
Russia will on Wednesday attempt to launch its newest rocket after an embarrassing last-minute glitch forced authorities to abort the initial test last week. "A...
Test-launch of Russia's Angara rocket delayed due to malfunction during pre-launch tests
Jul 03, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
A defect in the drainage valve of the liquid oxygen tank detected during pre-launch tests led to cancellation of the first test launch of the light-class Angara...
ATK Provides Propulsion, Structure for Test of New Technologies to Land Larger Payloads on Mars
Jul 03, 2014 (SPX)
ATK (ATK) supported NASA Saturday as it moved one step closer to landing advanced payloads on Mars following the successful test of a next generation braking sy...
Aerojet Rocketdyne Completes J-2X Testing
Jul 01, 2014 (SPX)
Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed its final J-2X test series at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Over a period of three years, Aerojet Rocketdyne teams ...
Swiss Space Systems plan mock-up test flights of SOAR
Jul 01, 2014 (SPX)
Swiss Space Systems Holding SA (S3) has announced its partnership with the City of North Bay and Canadore College. This partnership will enable S3 to initiate s...
Angara rocket to be test launched within weeks
Jul 01, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
A decision concerning the first test launch of the Angara LV will be made shortly, Interfax-AVN reports. "The state commission will convene soon to ponder main ...
Russia plans super-heavy rocket for Lunar, Mars missions
Jul 01, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
The Russian state corporation Roscosmos intends to hold a meeting in August on developing super-heavy rocket carrier involving a wide range of enterprises of th...
Russia abruptly aborts launch of new-generation rocket
Jun 27, 2014 (AFP)
The test launch of Russia's newest rocket ended in embarrassment on Friday as authorities were forced to abort the flight overseen by President Vladimir Putin d...
Bringing back our spaceplane
Jun 26, 2014 (ESA)
Yesterday, the ship and crew aiming to recover Europe's unmanned IXV spacecraft in November had a practice run off the coast of Tuscany, Italy. They retrieved a...
US firm scrambles to replace Russian-made engine for Atlas rockets
Jun 24, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
United Launch Alliance (ULA), the US joint venture providing space launch services in the US, has signed a number of contracts to find a replacement for the Rus...
ULA Signs Multiple Contracts for Next-Gen Propulsion Work
Jun 18, 2014 (SPX)
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has signed commercial contracts with multiple American companies to investigate next-generation liquid oxygen/hydrocarbon first sta...
Why We Need Rocket Engines
Jun 11, 2014 (SPX)
For the past several months, the topic of rocket engines has been prominent in the space media. Most recently, Russia has threatened to stop selling its rocket ...
Orion Ready To Feel The Heat
Jun 09, 2014 (SPX)
NASA and Lockheed Martin engineers have installed the largest heat shield ever constructed on the crew module of the agency's Orion spacecraft. The work marks a...
Airbus's SpacePlane demonstrator tested in South China Sea
Jun 05, 2014 (SPX)
Held on 1-4 May, the tests of Airbus Defence and Space's SpacePlane demonstrator validated the dynamic flight conditions encountered in the end-of-flight phase ...
Private Space Race Heats Up
Jun 02, 2014 (VOA)
Privately-funded, manned space exploration and tourism received two boosts on Thursday. SpaceX unveiled its Dragon V2 spacecraft, which the company hopes will o...
Proton Rocket Failure Probe Finds No Evidence of Deliberate Misconduct
May 30, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
The interdepartmental state commission investigating the recent Proton-M carrier rocket launch failure has so far found no evidence supporting the theory that i...
XCOR Raises Investment Capital Led by Dutch Investors
May 29, 2014 (SPX)
XCOR Aerospace reports that the United States Treasury Department's Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS) has approved the Series B lead investment ...
Antares Launch Postponed
May 29, 2014 (SPX)
Orbital Sciences Corporation has postponed the launch of the Orbital-2 mission to the International Space Station after an engine test aborted prematurely. The ...
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