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Saturn V was loud but didn't melt concrete
Aug 30, 2022 (SPX)
Such ideas are undeniably false. In The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, published on behalf of the Acoustical Society of America by AIP Publishing...
Maritime Launch to begin construction of Spaceport Nova Scotia
Aug 30, 2022 (SPX)
"Today is historic. Nova Scotia is the safest and most globally competitive location to launch satellites into space and today we are closer to realizing this p...
NASA calls off Monday launch of Moon rocket
Aug 29, 2022 (AFP)
"The launch director has called a scrub for the day," the US space agency said. Alternative dates for launch of the Artemis 1 mission, an uncrewed flight around...
NASA scrubs launch of giant Moon rocket, may try again Friday
Aug 29, 2022 (AFP)
"We don't launch until it's right," NASA administrator Bill Nelson said after an engine issue forced a cancellation of Monday's flight from the Kennedy Space Ce...
Engine issue forces NASA to scrub launch of giant Moon rocket
Aug 29, 2022 (AFP)
"We don't launch until it's right," NASA administrator Bill Nelson said after an engine temperature issue forced liftoff from Kennedy Space Center to be scrubbe...
NASA, SpaceX adjust Crew-5 launch date
Aug 28, 2022 (SPX)
Crew-5 will carry two NASA astronauts Mission Commander Nicole Mann and Pilot Josh Cassada, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koich...
NS-23 to Fly 36 Payloads and 1000s of Club for the Future Postcards to Space
Aug 28, 2022 (SPX)
This mission brings the total number of commercial payloads flown on the vehicle to more than 150. Two of the payloads will fly on the exterior of the New Shepa...
Northrop Grumman's boosters ready to launch Artemis to Luna
Aug 28, 2022 (SPX)
"Northrop Grumman's solid rocket boosters used for Artemis I are the largest and most powerful ever built for flight and help power America's new era of human s...
Glenn's legacy of testing spacecraft spans from Apollo to Artemis
Aug 28, 2022 (SPX)
In July 1962, NASA decided to use General Dynamics' new, unproven Centaur rocket with an Atlas booster to launch a series of Surveyor spacecraft to the lunar su...
Russia's only female cosmonaut says 'ready' for Crew Dragon flight
Aug 26, 2022 (AFP)
The flight, scheduled for October 3, is set to go ahead despite soaring tensions between Moscow and Washington over Russia's military intervention in Ukraine. K...
Orbex to hire fifty new staff over next six months, in final countdown to UK rocket launch
Aug 24, 2022 (SPX)
Many of the new roles will support 'integrated testing' of the complete rocket at the Orbex LP1 launch platform test facility at Kinloss. The facility allows fo...
China's space tracking ship sails for monitoring missions
Aug 24, 2022 (XNA)
The vessel has prepared for the new missions as the technicians have completed the overhaul and test of shipborne tracking and monitoring equipment and carried ...
Skyrora completes second stage static fire engine test
Aug 23, 2022 (SPX)
The monumental event, at Discover Space UK at Machrihanish Airbase on the Mull of Kintyre, was the largest integrated stage test in the UK for 50 years, since t...
China launches new satellite via Kuaizhou 1A carrier rocket
Aug 23, 2022 (XNA)
The Chuangxin-16 satellite, developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was launched at 10:36 am (Beijing Time) by a Kuaizhou 1A carrier rocket and entered th...
Rocket Lab to launch 150th satellite with upcoming Synspective SAR launch
Aug 18, 2022 (SPX)
"The Owl Spreads Its Wings" mission is scheduled to lift-off from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during a launch window opening in mid-Sept...
Virgin Orbit earns AS9100 Certification
Aug 18, 2022 (SPX)
The globally recognized AS9100 standard builds upon the ISO 9000 family of quality management systems, incorporating critical requirements established by the ae...
NASA's new rocket on launchpad for trip to Moon
Aug 17, 2022 (AFP)
It will be the maiden voyage of the Artemis program -- America's quest to return humans to the Moon for the first time since the last Apollo mission in 1972. Th...
Northrop Grumman invests in new solid rocket motor manufacturing facilities in Magna, Utah
Aug 11, 2022 (SPX)
The infrastructure investment and expansion of solid rocket motor manufacturing will more than triple the company's capacity to deliver its 63-inch-diameter Gra...
J-Space partners with Virgin Orbit to bring sovereign air-launch capability to South Korea
Aug 10, 2022 (SPX)
The cooperative effort is designed to act as a catalyst to the burgeoning Korean small satellite and space solutions market, stimulate local economic growth, an...
Private rocket company completes third orbital mission
Aug 10, 2022 (XNA)
The Ceres 1 Y3 rocket, the third of its kind, blasted off at 12:11 pm Tuesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gobi Desert and plac...
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