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Key Space Launch System Stage Separation Mechanism Installed

Mar 21, 2019 (SPX)

One newly installed piece of hardware - the frangible joint assembly - is designed to break apart, allowing the hardware elements to separate during flight. Whe...

Ariane 6 maiden flight will deploy satellites for OneWeb, additional launches booked

Mar 21, 2019 (SPX)

The launch service agreement specifies the use of the qualification launch of the Ariane 62 version, scheduled for the second half of 2020; the two Ariane 6 opt...

Rocket Crafters pivots with new patents for 3D-printed fuel

Mar 21, 2019 (UPI)

The scrappy space company works out of a gritty garage in Cocoa, about 15 miles from Kennedy Space Center. It made Florida space startup Rocket Crafters pivots ...

US space to counter alleged hypersonic weapons threat says Shanahan

Mar 21, 2019 (Sputnik)

"We put together a roadmap, and the roadmap was about how do we leverage space to reduce threats to the United States," Shanahan said during an event at the Cen...

Arianespace orbits 600th satellite, the PRISMA EO satellite for Italy

Mar 21, 2019 (ESA)

This was the first Vega launch in 2019, and the 14th successful launch in a row for this light launcher since its introduction at the Guiana Space Center (CSG) ...

Aerojet Rocketdyne Powers WGS-10 Military Communications Satellite from Launch Pad to Orbit

Mar 19, 2019 (SPX)

Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion systems on the Delta IV rocket included an RS-68A booster engine, an RL10B-2 upper-stage engine, 12 MR-106H reaction control thrus...

Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome Ready for Space, ISS Launches

Mar 19, 2019 (Sputnik)

"Indeed, [the route] with an inclination [of 51 degrees to the equator during launches from Vostochny spaceport] can be used for flight to the ISS", the spokesp...

Brazil leader, wooing Trump, opens base to US rockets

Mar 19, 2019 (AFP)

The outspoken conservative, who will meet Trump at the White House on Tuesday, has ideological affinities with the US leader and has broken Brazilian precedent ...

Russia's New Hypersonic Nuclear Weapon

Mar 15, 2019 (SPX)

This is 15,000 MPH, almost the speed of an orbiting satellite. According to Russian news sources, Avangard will enter Russian service this year. Check YouTube f...

ESA greenlight for UK's air-breathing rocket engine

Mar 15, 2019 (SPX)

ESA, together with the UK Space Agency (UKSA) recently reviewed the preliminary design of the demonstrator engine core of the Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket En...

NASA heavy rocket may not get off the ground in time for Lunar mission

Mar 15, 2019 (SPX)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has told US lawmakers that with its SLS rocket behind schedule, the agency is considering the use of commercial rockets for i...

SpaceX Dragon 2 pulls off nail-biting landing - here's the rocket science

Mar 15, 2019 (The Conversation )

When docked to the ISS, the Dragon capsule was orbiting the Earth at a speed of 27,600km per hour, about 400km above the surface of the Earth. To give it a safe...

Bridenstine addesses SLS and Orion workforce at NASA

Mar 14, 2019 (SPX)

Yesterday, I was asked by Congress about the schedule slip of the Space Launch System and plans to get NASA back on track. I mentioned that we are exploring the...

NASA chief acknowledges more trouble with SLS rocket

Mar 13, 2019 (AFP)

The Space Launch System program is being run much as the Apollo and space shuttle mission were handled in the days of old. But Wednesday's announcement illustra...

China's Long March rockets complete 300 launches

Mar 12, 2019 (XNA)

"This is a milestone for China's space industry development," said Wu Yansheng, board chairman of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)....

China developing key technologies on heavy-lift rocket

Mar 12, 2019 (XNA)

The development of the heavy-lift rocket will greatly improve China's capacity of entering outer space. The Long March-9 rocket will support China's space indus...

Microlaunchers to grow Europe's economy

Mar 12, 2019 (ESA)

ESA intends to strengthen European industry by fostering a globally competitive European space sector with increased industry participation in launcher developm...

X-60A hypersonic flight research vehicle program completes critical design review

Mar 11, 2019 (SPX)

X-60A program completed its Critical Design Review, a major milestone in the program. The program now moves into the fabrication phase. The initial flight of th...

XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator completes inaugural flight

Mar 11, 2019 (SPX)

This joint effort falls within the Air Force Research Laboratory's Low Cost Attritable Aircraft Technology (LCAAT) portfolio, which has the objective to break t...

Illinois Native Uses Experience On Farm To Build Deep Space Rocket

Mar 11, 2019 (SPX)

Growing up on a working dairy farm in rural Breese, Illinois, NASA engineer Julie Bassler watched planes fly overhead as she worked in the fields. "As a child, ...