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Benchmark Space Systems expands global production to meet rising propulsion system demand
Nov 16, 2022 (SPX)
Benchmark has booked more than 250 engine orders, with the majority of those systems being built and tested at the company's headquarters facility in Burlington...
NASA successfully launches mega Moon rocket
Nov 16, 2022 (AFP)
The 32-story tall Space Launch System (SLS) blasted off from the storied Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 01:47 am (0647 GMT). "We are going," tweeted the spa...
SpaceRyde announces multiple launch agreements with ISILAUNCH
Nov 16, 2022 (SPX)
The MLA is an agreement for four of SpaceRyde's commercial launches beginning in 2024 and confirms ISILAUNCH's increased customer demand for private missions co...
Liftoff! NASA successfully launches mega Moon rocket
Nov 16, 2022 (AFP)
The 32-story tall Space Launch System (SLS) blasted off from the storied Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 01:47 am (0647 GMT). "We are going," tweeted the spa...
Liftoff! NASA launches mega Moon rocket, ushering new era of exploration
Nov 16, 2022 (AFP)
The 32-story tall Space Launch System (SLS) blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 01:47 am (0647 GMT), producing a record 8.8 million pounds (...
Phantom Space conducts successful stage hot fire test for new rocket
Nov 15, 2022 (SPX)
Phantom's pathfinder test stage, equipped with a single Hadley engine supplied by Ursa Major, completed a 60 second hot fire test to validate first and second s...
US military space drone returns to Earth after 908 days in orbit
Nov 12, 2022 (AFP)
The unmanned X-37B shuttle, whose first flight took place in 2010, has now spent a total of more than 10 years in space and flown more than 1.3 billion miles du...
Piece of Challenger space shuttle found off Florida coast
Nov 11, 2022 (AFP)
The shuttle burst apart just dozens of seconds after launching from Florida, killing seven crew members, including the teacher Christa McAuliffe who had won a n...
ULA launches weather satellite for NOAA and Re-entry test for NASA
Nov 11, 2022 (SPX)
Mission managers for NOAA's JPSS-2 confirm the satellite is now in Sun acquisition mode (initial operations mode) with the solar array fully deployed. The opera...
Hurricane causes only minor damage to Artemis rocket
Nov 11, 2022 (AFP)
But employees must conduct further checks on site as soon as possible to confirm the initial assessment, said Jim Free, associate administrator at the US space ...
Improving the performance of electrodeless plasma thrusters for space propulsion
Nov 11, 2022 (SPX)
Innovations in terrestrial transportation technologies, such as cars, trains, and aircraft, have driven historical technologies and industries so far; now, a si...
NASA sticks to plan to launch Moon rocket Wednesday
Nov 11, 2022 (AFP)
Jim Free, a senior official at the US space agency, told journalists there was "nothing preventing" a launch on that date, and said that NASA teams had managed ...
NASA views images, confirms discovery of Shuttle Challenger artifact
Nov 11, 2022 (SPX)
The artifact was discovered by a TV documentary crew seeking the wreckage of a World War II-era aircraft. Divers noticed a large humanmade object covered partia...
Twitter chaos deepens as key executives quit
Nov 11, 2022 (AFP)
The walkouts came a day after the turbulent launch of new features introduced by Tesla and SpaceX owner Musk following his $44 billion buyout of the influential...
Rocket Lab announces launch window for inaugural Electron launch from Wallops Island
Nov 10, 2022 (SPX)
It will be Rocket Lab's first lift-off from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA's Wallops Flight Facility - a launc...
Nicole weakens to Tropical Storm, threatens NASA launch
Nov 10, 2022 (AFP)
The storm, a rare occurrence this late in the year, sparked mandatory evacuation orders just weeks after Florida was battered by Hurricane Ian. But just an hour...
Splashdown is Just the Start for NASA Heat Shield Recovery Team
Nov 10, 2022 (SPX)
LOFTID is scheduled to launch Nov. 10 aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V as a secondary payload with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration'...
Biden says Musk's foreign ties 'worthy' of scrutiny
Nov 09, 2022 (AFP)
"I think that Elon Musk's cooperation and/or technical relationships with other countries is worthy of being looked at," Biden said, answering a question from a...
Gilmour Space completes final qualification test of Sirius rocket engine
Nov 08, 2022 (SPX)
The Queensland-based rocket company is developing Eris, a three-stage launch vehicle that will be a cost effective and greener alternative to traditional liquid...
Phase Four achieves electric thruster operation on Air Force Green Propellant ASCENT
Nov 08, 2022 (SPX)
"This achievement further underlines the expansive capability of Phase Four's propulsive technology, which has already been shown to operate on other novel prop...
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