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New drop tests advance Space Rider precision landing system
Jul 18, 2025 (SPX)
After a two-month campaign in 2024, ESA's team returned to the Salto di Quirra test range in Sardinia, Italy, in 2025 for two weeks of intensive drop tests. The...
Rocket Lab partners with Bollinger Shipyards to transform Neutron sea recovery platform
Jul 18, 2025 (SPX)
The 400-foot vessel, currently undergoing outfitting and modification at Bollinger's shipyard in Amelia, Louisiana, is scheduled for delivery in early 2026. The...
NASA issues challenge for public design of ejection system
Jul 16, 2025 (UPI)
The space organization is offering a challenge for those who think they can solve a capability gap in its Stratospheric Projectile Entry Experiment on Dynamics ...
SpaceX launch adds dozens of satellites to Amazon's broadband network
Jul 16, 2025 (UPI)
The mission, titled KF-01, involved a Falcon 9 that launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday at 2:30 a.m. EDT, and carried 24 Ku...
Astronauts from US, India, Poland, Hungary on SpaceX capsule return to Earth
Jul 15, 2025 (AFP)
The Ax-4 crew undocked from the International Space Station at 7:15 am EST on Monday (1115 GMT) for a 22.5-hour journey, landing in the Pacific Ocean at around ...
Axiom-4 astronauts return to earth
Jul 14, 2025 (UPI)
At 7:15 a.m. EST, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, named Grace, undocked from the station. The spacecraft is targeting its return to Earth on Tuesday. It will be r...
SpaceX launches highly secret Israeli communications satellite
Jul 13, 2025 (UPI)
"We at IAI are extremely proud of the development and successful launch into space of the State of Israel's 'Dror 1' national communications satellite, Boaz Lev...
PLD Space selected as leading contender for ESA sovereign launch initiative
Jul 11, 2025 (SPX)
Launched this year, the ELC includes both institutional launch service contracts running from 2026 to 2030 and a development path requiring enhanced launcher de...
Wave-tested airbag system boosts safety for ocean spacecraft landings
Jul 08, 2025 (SPX)
Led by Dr. Yang Zhang, the team developed an advanced simulation model to analyze how airbag-cushioned capsules behave when landing in real-world ocean conditio...
K2 Space validates satellite systems in orbit and fires record-breaking thruster
Jul 08, 2025 (SPX)
The company successfully executed its first in-space demonstration mission, launched in January 2025. This mission validated numerous vertically integrated sate...
Orbex advances as UK contender in ESA launcher competition
Jul 08, 2025 (SPX)
Launched by ESA in November 2023, the ELC initiative is designed to enhance sovereign European launch options and increase the global competitiveness of the con...
Competing wave patterns may unlock turbulent secrets in hypersonic vehicle design
Jul 02, 2025 (SPX)
Traditionally, researchers attributed this boundary layer transition to modal instabilities, particularly Mack modes. However, recent studies point to nonmodal ...
Electrolyzer experiment from SwRI and UTSA to fly in low gravity test mission
Jul 02, 2025 (SPX)
The project, known as the Mars Atmospheric Reactor for Synthesis of Consumables (MARS-C), is led by SwRI engineers Kevin Supak and Dr. Eugene Hoffman, alongside...
Linear Motion Technology in the Aerospace Industry
Jul 02, 2025 (SPX)
What Is Linear Motion Technology? Linear motion technology helps parts move in a straight line, either forward or backward. The systems that make this possible ...
Gilmour Space again delays launch of Australia's first orbital rocket
Jul 02, 2025 (UPI)
Gilmour Space said Wednesday that it was standing down from a planned launch of what would be the first test flight of the rocket. "We've made the tough call to...
Rocket Lab sets new turnaround record with back-to-back launches from New Zealand site
Jun 30, 2025 (SPX)
The latest launch, named 'Symphony In The Stars,' lifted off from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand on June 28 at 7:08 p.m. local time (07:08 UTC). The mis...
NASA prepares sensor breakthrough for upcoming hypersonic rocket flights
Jun 30, 2025 (SPX)
On March 26, Armstrong engineers conducted vibration tests using shaker equipment in the Environmental Laboratory, confirming the FOSS system's resilience under...
SpaceX launches second mission in 2 days from same pad, breaks own record
Jun 28, 2025 (UPI)
And 13 hours later, the private company launched more satellites from California. Saturday's first mission went off from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40 ...
Varda unveils W4 spacecraft with first FAA Part 450 reentry license and new satellite bus
Jun 26, 2025 (SPX)
Unlike prior missions, Varda independently developed and operates every component of the W-4 spacecraft aside from the launch vehicle. This includes the capsule...
Mexico president threatens to sue over SpaceX rocket debris
Jun 25, 2025 (AFP)
Mexico's government was studying which international laws were being violated in order to file "the necessary lawsuits" because "there is indeed contamination,"...
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