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SpaceX plans to launch Argentine satellite into polar orbit from Florida
Aug 29, 2020 (UPI)
A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off with the SAOCOM 1B satellite at 7:19 p.m. EDT from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This rocket is to ...
Safety of SpaceX suits an 'open question' says Russian designer
Aug 25, 2020 (Sputnik)
SpaceX's Crew Dragon space suits are impressively designed, but their safety level remains an open question, said Vladimir Pirozhkov, CEO of the KINETICA High C...
Ball Aerospace completes small satellite, Green Fuel Mission
Aug 25, 2020 (SPX)
GPIM launched on June 25, 2019 at 2:30 a.m. EDT on board a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket and was commissioned in early July of the same year. "The successful compl...
NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission nears completion
Aug 24, 2020 (SPX)
In a little over a year since launch, NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) successfully proved a never-before-used propellant and propulsion system w...
Under pressure, nontoxic salt-based propellant performs well
Aug 19, 2020 (SPX)
The propellant, called FAM-110A, is a mixture of two commercially available salts. "Unlike hydrazine, the most commonly used monopropellant available today, our...
Skyrora's Skylark Micro rocket launches from Iceland
Aug 19, 2020 (SPX)
The launch is part of Skyrora's de-risking program leading up to the building and launching of its orbital vehicle, Skyrora XL, scheduled for 2023. The launch o...
Vega launch now set for 1 September
Aug 18, 2020 (ESA)
Due to the persistence of exceptionally unfavourable winds at altitude over Europe's Spaceport, Vega flight VV16, originally scheduled for 18 June 2020, was pos...
Sierra Nevada aims to complete Dream Chaser space plane in March
Aug 18, 2020 (UPI)
The spacecraft, which resembles a small space shuttle, originally was proposed to carry astronauts, but Sierra Nevada so far only has NASA contracts for cargo. ...
Ariane 5's third launch of 2020
Aug 16, 2020 (ESA)
Arianespace announced liftoff at 23:04 BST (00:04 CEST, 19:04 local time) this evening from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, for a mission lasting a...
NASA, SpaceX targeting October for next astronaut launch
Aug 16, 2020 (SPX)
The mission will carry Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Shannon Walker, all of NASA, along with Japan Aerospac...
Northrop Grumman completes first qualification test of new rocket motor for United Launch Alliance
Aug 14, 2020 (SPX)
"Our new GEM 63XL motors leverage its flight-proven heritage while utilizing state-of-the-art manufacturing technology to enhance launch vehicle heavy-lift capa...
NASA begins installing orion adapter for first Aartemis lunar flight
Aug 14, 2020 (SPX)
The spacecraft adapter cone (seen at the bottom of the stack pictured above) connects to the bottom of Orion's service module and will later join another adapte...
Aerojet Rocketdyne to provide ULA's Vulcan Centaur Key Propulsion for future Air Force Launch Services
Aug 12, 2020 (SPX)
Aerojet Rocketdyne will provide two RL10 rocket engines to power the upper stage of ULA's Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle, as well as the thrusters that control t...
Artemis I rocket moves closer to hot fire test
Aug 12, 2020 (SPX)
Green Run is a demanding series of eight tests and nearly 30 firsts: first loading of the propellant tanks, first flow through the propellant feed systems, firs...
US Air Force and Lockheed Martin complete another successful hypersonics test
Aug 12, 2020 (SPX)
This captive carry flight was conducted with tactical hardware and fully instrumented to collect thermal, mechanical and digital data from the flight vehicle. T...
Virgin Orbit wraps up first demo launch
Aug 12, 2020 (SPX)
You've also seen that that during our first stage flight, our main rocket engine shut down prematurely, bringing our experimental flight to an end - but only af...
BE-4 engine will support US Space Force space launch program
Aug 12, 2020 (SPX)
Bob Smith, CEO, Blue Origin said, "We are disappointed in the decision that New Glenn was not selected for the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 Lau...
U.S. hypersonic weapon system completes second test on B-52 Stratofortress
Aug 10, 2020 (UPI)
The second AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, ARRW, was successfully flight tested Saturday, officials said. The first sensor-only prototype of AGM-18...
SpaceX launched 10th Starlink batch
Aug 07, 2020 (SPX)
SpaceX has delayed the launch at least four times due to weather or technical issues. A 30% chance exists that storm clouds or showers could delay the launch Fr...
SpaceX, ULA win large government launch contracts
Aug 07, 2020 (UPI)
The contract award means ULA and Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch about three dozen national security missions from 2022 to 2026 -- at a price tag of about $1 bil...
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