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Russia to Build Nuclear Space Engine by 2017

Apr 02, 2012 (RIA Novosti)

A Russian Megawatt-class nuclear propulsion system for long-range manned spacecraft must be ready by 2017, Skolkovo Foundation's Nuclear Cluster head Denis Kova...

N. Korea begins fuelling rocket: report

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

North Korea has reportedly begun fuelling a rocket for a launch next month, defying calls to abort an event the West says is a disguised missile test, as the Un...

Russia plans to build nuclear space engine

Mar 28, 2012 (UPI)

Russian space officials say the country is dedicated to the successful building of a nuclear engine for spacecraft by 2017. A megawatt-class nuclear propulsion ...

N. Korea takes rocket main body to launch site

Mar 25, 2012 (AFP)

North Korea has transported the main body of a long-range rocket to a site in the far northwest of the country in preparation for next month's launch, Seoul's m...

Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne Hot-Fires Launch Abort

Mar 20, 2012 (SPX)

Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, which is supporting The Boeing Company during the development of its CST-100 spacecraft in NASA's Commercial Crew Development Roun...

NASA Sub-Scale Solid-Rocket Motor Tests Material for Space Launch System

Mar 20, 2012 (SPX)

A sub-scale solid rocket motor designed to mimic NASA's Space Launch System, or SLS, booster design has been successfully tested by engineers at NASA's Marshall...

Latest Hot Fire Test on Launch Abort Engine for Boeing CST 100 Spacecraft Completed

Mar 14, 2012 (SPX)

Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne has successfully completed a full-mission duration hot-fire test on a Launch Abort Engine (LAE) for Boeing's Crew Space Transportat...

Maglev-launched spacecraft proposed

Mar 13, 2012 (UPI)

One of the U.S. inventors of the superconducting maglev train says a bigger, better version of the technology could fire payloads from Earth into orbit. All it ...

What Next for X-37B

Mar 05, 2012 (SPX)

On March 5, the X-37B robot spaceplane celebrated a birthday in orbit. This mysterious, semi-classified spacecraft is still up there, and it's not clear when it...

XCOR Aerospace Closes $5 Million Round of Investment Capital

Feb 29, 2012 (SPX)

XCOR Aerospace reports that it recently closed a $5 million round of equity funding. The round, combined with cash on hand plus anticipated and existing contrac...

XCOR Announces New Lynx Vehicle Payload Integrators

Feb 28, 2012 (SPX)

At the Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC) 2012 in Palo Alto, California, XCOR Aerospace announced that EMXYS of Spain, Texas A and M's Spa...

Future of Space Transportation

Feb 20, 2012 (SPX)

The Air Force Space Command commander spoke to the critical aspects of space launch, new technologies in launch operations and the long range vision for the lau...

Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne Successfully Completes J-2X Powerpack Test

Feb 17, 2012 (SPX)

Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed the first in a series of powerpack hot-fire tests on the J-2X engine, which is being developed for NASA to p...

NASA Performs First J-2X Powerpack Test of the Year

Feb 17, 2012 (SPX)

Engineers at NASA's Stennis Space Center conducted an initial test of the J-2X engine powerpack Feb. 15, kicking off a series of key tests in development of the...

NASA Seeks Space Launch System Advanced Booster Risk Reduction Solutions

Feb 17, 2012 (SPX)

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has issued a NASA Research Announcement for the Space Launch System (SLS) Advanced Booster risk-reducti...

Europe stakes billion-dollar bet on new rocket

Feb 11, 2012 (AFP)

A pencil-slim rocket is scheduled to lift into space from South America on Monday, carrying a billion-dollar bet that Europe can grab a juicy slice of the marke...

Birthday Cake for X-37B

Feb 09, 2012 (SPX)

It's almost time to light a candle for one of the world's most intriguing spacecraft. No, I don't mean ignite the rocket for launch. The second mission of the X...