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Angular rate sensors at crashed Proton-M rocket were installed 'upside down'
Jul 22, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
An ad hoc commission investigating the July 2 crash of a Proton-M launch vehicle at the Baikonur Space Center has concluded that angular rate sensors on the roc...
Upside down sensor behind proton rocket explosion
Jul 19, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
An investigation into the failure of a Proton-M booster rocket carrying three GLONASS navigation satellites that exploded moments after launch suggests a wrongl...
NASA Technology Has Stabilizing Effect for Rockets and Buildings
Jul 18, 2013 (SPX)
A NASA technology originally designed to stabilize rockets could now help buildings survive earthquake damage. The patented technology, called fluid structure c...
ESA test opens way to UK spaceplane engine investment
Jul 17, 2013 (ESA)
The UK government has announced plans to invest in the development of an air-breathing rocket engine - intended for a single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane - followi...
NASA, Industry Test Additively Manufactured Rocket Engine Injector
Jul 15, 2013 (SPX)
NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne of West Palm Beach, Fla., recently finished testing a rocket engine injector made through additive manufacturing, or 3-D printing. T...
Israel tests rocket system: ministry
Jul 12, 2013 (AFP)
Israel on Friday staged what it said was a planned test of a rocket propulsion system at a military base on the Mediterranean coast. Israeli media, citing analy...
Navigation satellite orbit raised, ISRO starts testing cryogenic engine
Jul 11, 2013 (IANS)
The Indian space agency Saturday evening successfully put its first navigation satellite - the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-1A (IRNSS-1A) - in th...
N. Korea tested rocket engine: think-tank
Jul 11, 2013 (AFP)
North Korea tested a rocket engine earlier this year in a potential bid to further develop its missile capability, a US think-tank said Thursday after reviewing...
Indian space agency wants second rocket assembly facility
Jul 08, 2013 (IANS)
"The Department of Space has approved the project which is awaiting the final nod from the government," a senior official at the Indian Space Research Organisat...
NASA Tests Game Changing Composite Cryogenic Fuel Tank
Jul 04, 2013 (SPX)
NASA recently completed a major space technology development milestone by successfully testing a pressurized, large cryogenic propellant tank made of composite ...
Space Launch System: Tooling Up to Build the World's Largest Rocket
Jul 04, 2013 (SPX)
A wrench and hammer might be good for some building projects, but the nuts and bolts found in a standard garage toolbox definitely wouldn't hit the nail on the ...
NASA and Boeing finalize $2.8 million deal to build super powerful rocket
Jul 04, 2013 (UPI)
Aviation company Boeing has contracted with NASA to build the world's most powerful rocket, intended -- eventually -- to propel astronauts to the moon, Mars, as...
NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Completes Two Human-Critical Reviews
Jul 04, 2013 (SPX)
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., recently completed two milestones for NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) ...
Dawn's Ion propulsion 10 times more efficient than conventional chemical propulsion
Jul 03, 2013 (JPL)
The indefatigable Dawn spacecraft is continuing its extraordinary interplanetary flight on behalf of inquisitive creatures on distant Earth. Progressing ever fa...
Russian rocket explodes in Kazakhstan
Jul 02, 2013 (AFP)
An unmanned Russian carrier rocket exploded Tuesday on takeoff at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, releasing tonnes of highly toxic fuel into the air in t...
Sierra Nevada Corporation Completes the Finance Investment Milestone for the Dream Chaser
Jun 27, 2013 (SPX)
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has successfully completed another Dream Chaser milestone under NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) agreement....
NASA Thruster Achieves World-Record Five-plus Years of Operation
Jun 26, 2013 (SPX)
A NASA advanced ion propulsion engine has successfully operated for more than 48,000 hours, or 5 and a half years, making it the longest test duration of any ty...
Large-class, second-stage rocket motor passes tests
Jun 26, 2013 (UPI)
A large-class second-stage rocket motor for the U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center has been tested by Aerojet Rocketdyne. The test of the 92-inch diameter mo...
Safe splashdown for Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle
Jun 25, 2013 (ESA)
ESA's experimental reentry vehicle passed its milestone descent and landing test on Wednesday at the Poligono Interforze Salto di Quirra off the east coast of S...
Aerojet Rocketdyne Completes First Set Of Full-Motion Tests On SLS Engine
Jun 25, 2013 (SPX)
The leading rocket engine manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (GY) company, has announced that it successfully completed the first in a series of full mo...
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