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India conducting new round of cryogenic engine testing
May 14, 2012 (SPX)
The Indian space agency will Saturday conduct a crucial test on an indigenously built cryogenic engine for launching its heavier rockets from its spaceport, a t...
Russia Develops Revolutionary Ammonia Rocket Engine
May 07, 2012 (RIA Novosti)
Power engineering manufacturer Energomash has started development of a new rocket engine which could vastly reduce the cost of rocket launches and avoid the nee...
Aerojet's AJ26 Flight Engine Successfully Hot-Fire Tested for Orbital's Antares Rocket
May 07, 2012 (SPX)
Aerojet, reports that its AJ26 engine successfully completed a hot-fire test yesterday at NASA's Stennis Space Center. Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital), A...
Aerojet Completes Testing of Next-Generation Exploration Thruster
May 01, 2012 (SPX)
Aerojet, reports that it has completed development testing of its MR-104H 100 lbf-class monopropellant hydrazine thruster. Working with Boeing Exploration Launc...
NASA Releases Call For Phase II Visionary Advanced Concepts
May 01, 2012 (SPX)
The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program is seeking proposals to continue promising studies for which it has supported the first phase. These cuttin...
ORBITEC and Sierra Nevada Space Systems Begin Testing Dream Chaser Life Support and Thermal Systems
Apr 27, 2012 (SPX)
Orbital Technologies (ORBITEC) is the prime contractor for Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) and Thermal Control System (TCS) for the Sierra...
J-2X Engine Ready For Second Test Series
Apr 26, 2012 (SPX)
The next-generation engine that will help carry humans deeper into space than ever is back, bigger and better. The J-2X engine is currently on the A-2 Test Stan...
The 'Missile Woman' behind Indian test launch
Apr 24, 2012 (AFP)
Hailed as a trail blazer in male-dominated India, Tessy Thomas juggles domestic duties with her day job -- as the country's top ballistic missile expert. Thomas...
Crash of hypersonic test craft analyzed
Apr 23, 2012 (UPI)
A U.S. military drone that hit 13,000 mph before crashing in the Pacific was damaged by the excessive heat of hypersonic flight, military officials say. The tre...
Peaceful atom for distant space missions
Apr 16, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
According to Russia's Nuclear Agency (Rosatom) the nuclear power and propulsion installation of the megawatt-class is to be built by 2017. The assembly will sta...
Why do N. Korea's missile tests keep failing?
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
North Korea's disastrous bid to launch a Taepodong-2 missile showed Pyongyang has a long way to go before mastering long-range ballistic technology and has fail...
N.Korea's rocket exploded mid-air
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
North Korea's rocket exploded mid-air before splashing down in the Yellow Sea off South Korea, Seoul's defence ministry said Friday. "North Korea's rocket flew ...
North Korean rocket launch fails, draws condemnation
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
North Korea's heralded long-range rocket test ended in failure Friday, disintegrating in mid-air soon after blastoff and plunging into the sea in a major embarr...
N. Korea admits failure as world raps rocket launch
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
North Korea admitted Friday its long-range rocket launch had failed, disintegrating mid-air and plunging into the sea soon after liftoff in a major embarrassmen...
New 'rocket' can go to moon on 100 cc fuel
Apr 11, 2012 (IANS)
A lightweight satellite thruster can go to the Moon on just 100 ml of fuel, slashing cost of space missions. The mini motor uses electricity to expel ions and g...
Plutonium to Pluto: Russian nuclear space travel breakthrough
Apr 05, 2012 (RIA Novosti)
A ground-breaking Russian nuclear space-travel propulsion system will be ready by 2017 and will power a ship capable of long-haul interplanetary missions by 202...
NASA and ATK Push Ahead With Booster for Deep Space Exploration System
Apr 04, 2012 (SPX)
NASA and ATK hascompleted the first test for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) booster program March 28 at ATK's Promontory, Utah, test facility. This demonstrat...
SLS Avionics Test Paves Way for Full-Scale Booster Firing
Apr 03, 2012 (SPX)
NASA has successfully tested the solid rocket booster avionics for the first two test flights of the Space Launch System, America's next heavy-lift launch vehic...
Getting to the moon on drops of fuel
Apr 02, 2012 (SPX)
The first prototype of a new, ultra-compact motor that will allow small satellites to journey beyond Earth's orbit is just making its way out of the EPFL labora...
NASA Fires Up Rocket Sled Hardware at China Lake
Apr 02, 2012 (JPL)
NASA recently performed a trial run on a rocket sled test fixture, powered by rockets, to replicate the forces a supersonic spacecraft would experience prior to...
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