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Blue Origin launches, lands NASA moon landing sensor experiment

Oct 13, 2020 (UPI)

Liftoff took place from the company's launch facilities about 150 miles east of El Paso. The capsule separated from the rocket minutes into the flight and spent...

SpaceX rocket issue delays astronaut launch

Oct 12, 2020 (UPI)

A NASA statement said only that SpaceX data from a recent launch attempt of another Falcon 9 rocket showed "off-nominal behavior" in the generators, and the del...

Lockheed Martin to Acquire i3 Hypersonics Portfolio

Oct 11, 2020 (SPX)

"Our customers require the most forward-thinking, advanced technology that anticipates and addresses their national security requirements. This business combina...

Fate of SpaceX resort thrown into question

Oct 11, 2020 (Sputnik)

Final hot firing proves P120C booster for Ariane 6

Oct 11, 2020 (ESA)

Advanced features make this new motor a pivotal achievement of European industry. It is an example of innovative thinking and optimisation that allows Europe to...

ENPULSION launches its new MICRO family of satellite thrusters

Oct 11, 2020 (SPX)

It can be launched safely on any rocket as it contains no pressure vessels or energetic chemical. The thruster and propellant are all contained in a 14x12x10 cm...

NASA, SpaceX Crew-1 Launch Update

Oct 11, 2020 (SPX)

"We have a strong working relationship with our SpaceX partner," said Kathy Lueders, associate administrator of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission ...

NASA Student Launch program selects 46 teams

Oct 08, 2020 (SPX)

The eight-month challenge, managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, provides a realistic experience for middle school, high school...

ISRO plans to launch new rocket before Dec 2020

Oct 08, 2020 (IANS)

He also said necessary tests to check its biggest motor - booster motor fired by solid fuel - will be done in November. "The SSLV launch will be from the first ...

Testing a fiery reentry at DLR

Oct 08, 2020 (SPX)

Their goal was to better understand how satellites burn up during reentry, to minimise the risk of endangering anyone on the ground. Taking place as part of ESA...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites after string of scrubs

Oct 07, 2020 (SPX)

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off about 7:30 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Multiple previous launches had been postponed since...

Aerojet Rocketdyne' new Large Solid Rocket Motor Facility opens

Oct 07, 2020 (SPX)

"The Engineering, Manufacturing and Development facility is the newest, state-of-the-art large solid rocket motor manufacturing facility in the nation, and we l...

NASA runs eight-part core stage Green Run Test for SLS

Oct 07, 2020 (SPX)

The 212-foot-tall core stage has two huge propellant tanks that collectively hold more than 733,000 gallons of propellant to fuel four RS-25 engines at the bott...

Elon Musk commends Russia's Roscosmos for working on reusable space rocket

Oct 07, 2020 (Sputnik)

Elon Musk wrote in a Twitter reply, recommending to set an aim for "full reusability". Reusability is the hottest trend of the space rocket manufacturing now. I...

Georgia Southern University Shows Massive Tourism Boom for Spaceport Camden

Oct 07, 2020 (SPX)

CBAER estimates that 38 to 45 jobs connected to tourism and hospitality would be supported long-term by the project as well. While there would be some additiona...

Earth-imaging and scientific payloads arrive for Arianespace's Vega mission in November

Oct 05, 2020 (SPX)

The Vega's mission with these satellites is designated Flight VV17 in Arianespace's launcher family numbering system, and is scheduled for liftoff in November. ...

Elon Musk to visit 2 SpaceX launch sites in Florida following tech scrubs

Oct 05, 2020 (Sputnik)

Elon Musk will visit two SpaceX launch sites soon - one at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and the other at Kennedy Space Center - according to tweets he poste...

SpaceX aborts GPS satellite launch from Florida

Oct 02, 2020 (UPI)

The satellite was to carried aloft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 9:43 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station -- the company's third G...

SpaceX aborts Starlink satellite launch attempt

Oct 01, 2020 (UPI)

The company didn't elaborate on the cause of the abort and didn't immediately set a new launch time and date. "There's a thousand ways that a launch can go wron...

Gryphon Technologies wins $14M DARPA task order to support the DRACO program

Sep 30, 2020 (SPX)

Specifically, Gryphon will support the development and demonstration of a High-Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU) Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system. The n...