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NASA completes full-duration 'hot fire' test of new RS-25 engine
Jun 23, 2025 (UPI)
NASA tested RS-25 engine No. 20001 on Friday at the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center at Bay St. Louis in Mississippi. The full-duration "hot...
NASA to Gather In-Flight Imagery of Commercial Test Capsule Re-Entry
Jun 23, 2025 (SPX)
NASA's Scientifically Calibrated In-Flight Imagery (SCIFLI) team supports a broad range of mission needs across the agency, including Artemis, science missions ...
Next generation engine initiative launched by ArianeGroup with CNES support
Jun 23, 2025 (SPX)
The project will focus on creating advanced technologies tailored for future heavy-lift rockets, with a particular emphasis on high performance and scalable pro...
SpaceX's Starship explodes in pre-flight test
Jun 19, 2025 (UPI)
The two-stage rocket exploded at about 11 p.m. CT Wednesday as it was preparing for its 10th flight, SpaceX said in a statement on X. Both X and SpaceX are owne...
India grants licence to Musk's Starlink
Jun 18, 2025 (AFP)
The launch of Starlink, which provides high-speed internet access to remote locations using low Earth orbit satellites, has sparked fierce debate in India over ...
Honda hails successful test of reusable rocket
Jun 18, 2025 (AFP)
Honda, which hopes to develop the tech prowess for a suborbital launch by 2029, conducted a test flight of its rocket on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaid...
UP Aerospace debuts Spyder rocket with successful hypersonic test launch
Jun 17, 2025 (SPX)
The test was supported by the Navy White Sands Detachment and funded by the Stockpile Responsiveness Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), which suc...
Rocket Lab books two responsive Electron missions for 2025 including launch this week
Jun 17, 2025 (SPX)
The inaugural flight, named "Symphony In The Stars," will lift off from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, placing a single satellite into a 650-kilometer circula...
Kinetica 2 engine test hits milestone with successful multi-engine trial
Jun 16, 2025 (SPX)
The test ran multiple high-thrust engines slated for use in the rocket's core booster. Engineers confirmed that all primary engine components performed within e...
Rocket Lab completes eighth Electron launch of 2025 deploying fifth iQPS satellite
Jun 12, 2025 (SPX)
Lifting off from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 15:31 UTC on June 11, the mission-titled "The Mountain God Guards"-placed the SAR satellite into a 57...
PLD Space advances MIURA 5 launch capability with TEPREL C engine tests
Jun 12, 2025 (SPX)
The Spanish aerospace company emphasizes propulsion as the foundation of its technology, guided by its enduring motto: "No engine, no rocket." This philosophy w...
Axiom-4 mission launch scrubbed as SpaceX detects leak in Falcon 9 rocket
Jun 10, 2025 (UPI)
SpaceX announced Tuesday night in a post on X that it was "standing down" from Wednesday's launch of Axiom-4. "Standing down from tomorrow's Falcon 9 launch of ...
China testing orbital refueling procedures for satellite missions
Jun 10, 2025 (UPI)
China's Shijian-25 satellite is designed to refuel and service other satellites while they stay in geostationary orbit over Earth, SpaceNews reported. A geostat...
Axiom private mission to ISS delayed because of weather
Jun 09, 2025 (UPI)
The Axiom Mission 4 launch had been scheduled for 8:22 a.m. Tuesday from the Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A, NASA said in a news release Monday. They now are ta...
In row with Trump, Musk says will end critical US spaceship program
Jun 06, 2025 (AFP)
"In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately," Mus...
Rocket Lab Schedules Third Electron Launch in 24 Days to Deploy Next Mission for iQPS
Jun 04, 2025 (SPX)
The mission, named 'The Mountain God Guards,' will launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during a launch window that opens on June 10, 2025 UTC...
Maritime Launch and T-Minus Engineering Announce Plans for Hypersonic Suborbital Launches from Spaceport Nova Scotia
Jun 04, 2025 (SPX)
This mission will represent the next step in advancing Spaceport Nova Scotia's suborbital and hypersonic testing capabilities, as Maritime Launch continues to e...
Northrop Grumman Commits $50 Million to Firefly Aerospace to Drive Eclipse Medium Launch Vehicle
Jun 02, 2025 (SPX)
"Firefly is incredibly grateful for Northrop Grumman's investment that further solidifies our first-of-its-kind partnership to build the first stage of Antares ...
Rocket Lab to Acquire Geost in Strategic Expansion into Satellite Payloads
May 28, 2025 (SPX)
Geost, based in Tucson, Arizona, has a two-decade track record supporting both classified and unclassified missions with EO/IR sensors. These systems are integr...
Dawn Aerospace Opens Orders for Aurora Suborbital Spaceplane with 2027 Deliveries Planned
May 28, 2025 (SPX)
Aurora is designed to operate like a conventional aircraft, taking off and landing horizontally from standard runways. The spaceplane leverages rocket propulsio...
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