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Subtropical Storm Nicole delays SpaceX launch
Nov 08, 2021 (UPI)
The company had been planning to launch its Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32 satellites for the telecom company Intelsat from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force statio...
Hypersonix to use Siemens' software in design of its hydrogen fuelled launchers
Nov 04, 2021 (SPX)
Hypersonix plans to implement advanced aerodynamic and thermal modelling software from Siemens' Simcenter portfolio, which will play a key role in building cert...
NASA rolls Artemis I mission rocket back to launch pad ahead of Nov. 14 launch
Nov 04, 2021 (UPI)
The launch is scheduled a week from Monday at 12:07 a.m., but NASA was keeping an eye on a low-pressure system in the Caribbean that threatened to bring heavy r...
SpaceX launches broadcast satellite to serve Europe, Africa, Middle East
Nov 03, 2021 (UPI)
In a statement Eutelsat said, "Once into orbit and positioned, the satellite Eutelsat Hotbird 13G will, with its twin Eutelsat Hotbird 13F launched on Oct. 15, ...
NASA prepares to fuel James Webb telescope for Dec. 18 launch
Nov 02, 2021 (UPI)
Technicians are preparing to load the space observatory with fuel that will power it for up to 13 years as it orbits the sun about one million miles from Earth,...
Major Artemis engine part arrives at Stennis for certification testing
Nov 02, 2021 (SPX)
The first RS-25 powerhead produced by Aerojet Rocketdyne in over a decade arrived at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi on Oct. 25. Her...
NASA, SpaceX reschedule Crew-3 launch due to weather
Oct 30, 2021 (UPI)
The Crew-3 launch, which was set to launch Sunday, is now scheduled to take place 1:10 a.m. EDT Wednesday, when weather conditions were expected to be 80% favor...
Kuaizhou lifts off successfully, places satellite in orbit
Oct 28, 2021 (XNA)
In a statement, the State-owned space contractor said that the solid-propellant rocket blasted off at 2:19 pm from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northw...
NASA seeks input to position mega-rocket for long-term exploration
Oct 27, 2021 (SPX)
To accomplish this goal, NASA has invited industry to submit responses to a Request for Information (RFI) to assist NASA in maximizing the long-term efficiency ...
Crew-3 astronauts launch to Space Station alongside microgravity research
Oct 27, 2021 (SPX)
Aboard Dragon with the crew will be more than 400 pounds of supplies and hardware, including over 150 pounds of which they will use to conduct experiments aboar...
SpaceX modernises Crew Dragon toilet after 2 faulty missions
Oct 27, 2021 (Sputnik)
"For Crew-3, we've fixed this problem in the tank by essentially making it an all-welded structure with no longer a joint in there that can come unglued and bec...
NASA sending four astronauts to ISS on Sunday
Oct 27, 2021 (AFP)
The crew of mission "Crew-3" will spend six months on the orbital outpost, conducting research in areas including material sciences, health, and botany, to help...
Ten years of Soyuz at Europe's Spaceport
Oct 25, 2021 (ESA)
The introduction of Russia's Soyuz 2 rocket to Europe's Spaceport was a milestone of strategic cooperation in the space transportation sector between Europe and...
US targeting Feb. 2022 to launch new lunar program Artemis
Oct 23, 2021 (AFP)
The agency had initially hoped to launch the test flight by the end of this year, with astronauts set to walk on the Moon by 2024. It achieved a major milestone...
SpaceX conducts 2 test firings of Starship 20 in Texas
Oct 22, 2021 (UPI)
The launch vehicle, a part of SpaceX's plans to travel to the moon and eventually Mars, fired its engines for only seconds. The rocket was held down for a so-ca...
Rocket Lab to recover Electron Rocket, introduce helicopter support operations
Oct 21, 2021 (SPX)
The helicopter will not attempt a mid-air capture for this mission but will test communications and tracking to refine the concept of operations (CONOPS) for fu...
South Korea launches own space rocket for the first time
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
The Korea Space Launch Vehicle II, informally called Nuri and emblazoned with a South Korean flag, rose upwards from the launch site in Goheung trailing a colum...
South Korea launches first domestic space rocket but mission fails
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
The Korea Space Launch Vehicle II, informally called Nuri and emblazoned with a South Korean flag, rose upwards from Goheung on the southern coast trailing a co...
U.S. needs nuclear spacecraft to compete with China, NASA official says
Oct 20, 2021 (UPI)
The space agency believes spacecraft powered by a nuclear thermal rocket reach Mars in just three to four months, which is about half the time required by tradi...
China describes hypersonic test as a space vehicle trial
Oct 19, 2021 (Sputnik)
China did not carry out a test of hypersonic weapons, but instead carried out a trial of a spacecraft, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian has stated...
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