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Elon Musk: SpaceX faces possible bankruptcy because of engine woes
Nov 30, 2021 (UPI)
In an email obtained by the website Space Explored, Musk called the company's struggle with its Raptor engine production at its base in Boca Chica, Texas, a "cr...
Pulsar Fusion Demonstrates Green Mach-7 rocket in Switzerland
Nov 30, 2021 (SPX)
An impressive visual plume effect of supersonic shock diamonds, typical of a high temperature high mass flow rate rocket exhaust, could be seen through the snow...
Rocket Lab Announces Neutron Development Update to be Provided on December 2, 2021
Nov 26, 2021 (SPX)
Join Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck as he reveals new details about Neutron's unique design, materials, propulsion, and reusability architecture for the ...
Rocket Lab confirms helicopter capture attempt for next recovery mission
Nov 24, 2021 (SPX)
During the 18 November, 2021, dedicated commercial mission for real-time geospatial monitoring company BlackSky, Rocket Lab once again conducted a controlled sp...
OHB Luxspace inks contract with Exotrail for ExoMGTM electric propulsion system onboard Triton-X Heavy platform.
Nov 24, 2021 (SPX)
On this occasion, Sebastien Dumenil, Exotrail's Chief Commercial Officer comments: "We are thrilled to be embarked into Triton-X Heavy project, a microsatellite...
ESA Boost! contract for flight demonstration of Spectrum launch vehicle
Nov 24, 2021 (ESA)
The flight demonstrations of Spectrum will pave the way for an extended availability of European launch service solutions for small satellites, delivering dedic...
SpaceX Falcon 9 carries Eutelsat communications satellite in final launch
Nov 23, 2021 (UPI)
The Eutelsat-10B satellite lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 atop the Falcon 9 rocket at 9:57 p.m. before assuming a super synchronous geostationary trans...
Pulsar demonstrates green, high power rocket engine
Nov 23, 2021 (SPX)
These rocket engines could be used for a variety of applications, including launching people and satellites into space. This successful set of test firings show...
Astra launch reaches orbit, cheers investors
Nov 22, 2021 (UPI)
The Astra Rocket 3 was only the seventh one built by the company based in Alameda, near San Francisco. Astra Space now joins the small number of commercial orbi...
SpaceX Dragon supply ship launch scrubbed by bad weather
Nov 22, 2021 (UPI)
The CRS-26 mission had been set to launch on a new Falcon 9 rocket at 3:54 p.m. EST from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The attempt was reset to Saturday at 2...
Maritime Launch Services announces Nanoracks as payload provider; Unveils Spaceport Nova Scotia design
Nov 22, 2021 (SPX)
Nanoracks is currently engaged with Canada's small satellite efforts. The company provides satellite deployment services from the ISS for the Canadian Space Age...
Aerospike engine from Pangea Aerospace trialled on DLR test stand
Nov 22, 2021 (SPX)
Whether for the large launch vehicles of the Ariane family or the growing market of start-ups developing smaller rockets referred to as microlaunchers, the DLR ...
Turning space junk into rocket fuel
Nov 22, 2021 (Sputnik)
Australian aerospace company Neumann Space has developed a new technology that would enable the processing of space debris into rocket fuel in space. The "in-sp...
RocketStar gets SBIR contract to develop new plasma thrusters
Nov 19, 2021 (SPX)
RocketStar submitted its proposal to the SBIR program in order to find a solution to some of the most prominent issues small satellites currently face in today'...
Latest Vega launch paves way for Vega-C
Nov 18, 2021 (ESA)
Each payload is equipped with high-performance sensors. Flying in formation in low Earth orbit, they will offer all-weather observation, daily revisit frequency...
Rocket Lab launches 107th satellite; Tests helicopter recovery operations
Nov 18, 2021 (SPX)
The 'Love At First Insight' mission, arranged for BlackSky through launch services provider Spaceflight Inc., was Electron's 22nd lift-off from Rocket Lab Launc...
PLD Space exhibits the first privately-developed Spanish rocket
Nov 18, 2021 (SPX)
From the beginning, the objective of PLD Space has been to become the European Microlauncher Company, a reference within the sector through the use of reusable ...
SpaceX Starship disintegrates after successful stage separation
Nov 18, 2021 (UPI)
The Starship test launch was originally planned for Friday but had to be delayed as technicians replaced a grid fin actuator, according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk....
Pangea Aerospace hot fire tests the first MethaLox aerospike engine in the world
Nov 18, 2021 (SPX)
The engine is extremely low cost to produce, as it is completely additively manufactured (metallic 3D printing) in only two pieces. Pangea Aerospace has been ab...
Musk says first orbital flight for Moon rocket in early 2022
Nov 18, 2021 (AFP)
"We'll do a bunch of tests in December and hopefully launch in January," Musk said in a talk for the National Academies Space Studies Board. "There's a lot of r...
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