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SpaceX scrubs Starlink satellite launch for second day in a row

Oct 22, 2020 (UPI)

The aerospace company's Falcon 9 rocket was originally scheduled to carry 60 more Starlink broadband satellites into space on Wednesday, but poor weather pushed...

SpaceX scrubs Starlink launch until Thursday, if weather cooperates

Oct 21, 2020 (UPI)

If the weather cooperates, Thursday's launch will be SpaceX's 15th Starlink mission. Liftoff had been scheduled for 12:29 p.m. EDT Wednesday aboard a Falcon 9 r...

Mobile launcher arrives at Launch Pad 39B for tests, preps for Artemis I

Oct 21, 2020 (SPX)

The roll began just after midnight, and the mobile launcher arrived at the top of the pad Tuesday morning. This trek to the pad will help prepare the launch tea...

Spaceport America and C6 Launch Systems sign agreement

Oct 20, 2020 (SPX)

C6 Launch Systems plans to begin work at Spaceport America in January 2021. Over a six-week period, the Canadian rocket company will install a new vertical test...

With New Shepard launch, space researchers become space customers

Oct 20, 2020 (SPX)

Rob Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul have been studying how plants respond to stressful environments for decades, placing their genetically engineered mustard plants on ...

Soyuz launches from Kourou delayed again due to Covid-19

Oct 20, 2020 (Sputnik)

Last month, a spokesperson of Russian space agency Roscosmos told Sputnik that the next launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket from Kourou was expected to take place ...

Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies delivers advanced Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Design to NASA

Oct 20, 2020 (SPX)

The NASA-sponsored study, managed by Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA), explored NTP concepts and designs enabling deep space travel. "We want to lead the e...

All engines for Ariane 6 complete qualification tests

Oct 16, 2020 (ESA)

Ariane 6 in the four-booster version will stand 63m tall, will weigh 900 tonnes and have the liftoff power equivalent to 12 Airbus A380 engines roaring at takeo...

Lockheed Martin Adds Three Industry Partners To OpFires Team

Oct 16, 2020 (SPX)

OpFires seeks to develop and demonstrate an innovative ground-launched system to enable a hypersonic boost glide missile system to penetrate modern enemy air de...

Draper signs agreement to provide software for Stratolaunch's hypersonic vehicle

Oct 16, 2020 (SPX)

"As with Draper's past contributions to the U.S. space program, Draper's engineers are proud to develop a key component of Stratolaunch's hypersonic vehicle-gui...

Isar Aerospace prepares the launch of its rockets from space centre CSG

Oct 16, 2020 (SPX)

This spaceport of CNES is the only active orbital launchpad in Europe from which every orbit can be achieved. The company has also hired Alexandre Dalloneau as ...

Swedish Space Corporation to launch satellites from Esrange Space Center

Oct 15, 2020 (SPX)

Esrange Space center is already one of the most active and versatile launch sites in the world and the latest decision allows SSC to proceed with its goal to be...

DoD establishes hypersonics center at Naval Surface Warfare Center

Oct 15, 2020 (UPI)

Mark Lewis, acting deputy under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, and JHTO director Gillian Bussey announced the opening in a virtual ribbon-cu...

Arianespace offers new shared smallsat payload opportunities on its Vega launcher

Oct 14, 2020 (SPX)

For the next launch opportunity - Vega Flight VV18, targeted for the first quarter of 2021 - five companies already have signed contracts for payload slots, the...

Demonstrator masters flight sequences for reusable rocket stages

Oct 14, 2020 (ESA)

This 60 kg platform has landing legs and is powered by a turbo jet 0.9 kN-class engine. It is capable of carrying payloads totalling 5 kg. The demonstrator tech...

Asteroid sampling technology tested on Blue Origin's suborbital rocket

Oct 14, 2020 (SPX)

BORE II continued a 2016 experiment that involved observations of meteorite-like materials inside a container on board a suborbital space flight, with the aim o...

Self-eating rocket whets appetite for development

Oct 13, 2020 (SPX)

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), part of the Ministry of Defence, has pledged 90,000 pounds for further development of the autophage engine, which i...

ISRO's human space flight rocket to have multiple backups for crucial systems

Oct 13, 2020 (IANS)

"The GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) that will be used for the Gaganyaan or the human space flight mission will be built with four redundancies (...

Roscosmos Moves to Design Nuclear-Powered Tug for Deep Space Exploration

Oct 13, 2020 (Sputnik)

Russian space agency Roscosmos may end up spending about 4.2 billion rubles (about $54.47 million) on developing a spacecraft fitted with a nuclear power module...

Accion Systems to demonstrate its propulsion system in NanoAvionics US rideshare mission

Oct 13, 2020 (SPX)

Accion Systems procured this flight as the culmination of an ongoing US government sponsored propulsion program. The nanosatellite for the rideshare mission is ...