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From Rice to orbit: Student engineers build safer, low-cost satellite thruster
May 28, 2025 (SPX)
A team of Rice University engineering students has designed and built a safer, low-cost propulsion module for small satellites - a breakthrough that won them th...
SpaceX launches Starship rocket on latest test flight
May 27, 2025 (AFP)
The biggest and most powerful launch vehicle ever built launched around 6:36 pm (2336 GMT) from the company's Starbase facility near a southern Texas village th...
SpaceX set for next Starship launch after fiery failures
May 27, 2025 (AFP)
A launch window opens at 6:30 pm (2330 GMT) from the company's Starbase facility near a southern Texas village that recently voted to become a city, also called...
Rocket Lab to deploy BlackSky Gen3 satellite on next Electron launch
May 26, 2025 (SPX)
This upcoming flight marks the second of four planned Electron missions this year dedicated to expanding BlackSky's Gen-3 satellite constellation. The Gen-3 sat...
SES selects Helios kick stage from Impulse for direct-to-orbit satellite missions
May 26, 2025 (SPX)
The inaugural mission, slated for 2027, will see Helios transporting a 4-ton-class payload directly to GEO within eight hours after deployment from a medium-lif...
After brief X outage, Musk says refocusing on businesses
May 24, 2025 (AFP)
His statement echoed comments earlier this month suggesting he would reduce his role in US President Donald Trump's administration. The world's richest person h...
After two setbacks, SpaceX could try to launch massive Starship next week
May 23, 2025 (AFP)
"The ninth flight test of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Tuesday, May 27," the company said on its website, adding the launch window would open at 6...
China places six satellites in orbit with latest Kinetica 1 mission
May 22, 2025 (SPX)
The rocket lifted off at 12:05 pm local time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. Onboard were three remote-sensing satellites, one rada...
SpaceX mega-rocket Starship 9 cleared for launch following earlier mission failures
May 22, 2025 (UPI)
"The FAA conducted a comprehensive safety review of the SpaceX Starship Flight 8 mishap and determined that the company has satisfactorily addressed the causes ...
Chinese Company Conducts Fifth Sea-Based Rocket Launch
May 20, 2025 (SPX)
The satellites, developed by Beijing's Guodian Gaoke, will join the Tianqi Network, which now consists of 37 satellites. This network supports data collection f...
China's LandSpace Successfully Launches Six Satellites with Upgraded ZQ-2E Y2 Rocket
May 19, 2025 (SPX)
The upgraded ZQ-2E model features a dual-cryogenic liquid propellant system powered by liquid oxygen and methane, the latter being the primary component of natu...
Akoustis Finalizes Asset Sale to SpaceX Subsidiary Tune Holdings
May 19, 2025 (SPX)
The transaction, valued at approximately $30.2 million in cash along with the assumption of certain liabilities, includes nearly all of Akoustis's assets, exclu...
Indian space agency's rocket fails to deploy satellite for Earth observation
May 18, 2025 (UPI)
The Indian Space Research Organization's EOS-09 spacecraft lifted off atop a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikot...
Rocket Lab launches third satellite for Japanese company
May 17, 2025 (UPI)
The California-based publicly-traded company completed its third mission for Japanese firm the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, using one its partially-re...
Nose cone glitch wipes Australian rocket launch
May 16, 2025 (AFP)
An electrical fault erroneously deployed the opening mechanism of the carbon-fibre nose cone during pre-flight testing, Gilmour Space Technologies said. The nos...
Space Nuclear Power Corporation Joins Forces with USSF and University of Michigan for Advanced Nuclear Propulsion
May 15, 2025 (SPX)
Central to this collaboration is the development of Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP) systems, which integrate a nuclear reactor power source with electric prop...
Two Earth Return Missions in Two Months Highlight Rocket Lab's Rapid Re-entry Capabilities
May 15, 2025 (SPX)
The latest mission saw the W-3 capsule return at 02:07 a.m. UTC on May 14, following the company's established track record of on-orbit and de-orbit support for...
Kazakhstan denies reports Russia to leave Baikonur spaceport
May 15, 2025 (AFP)
The spaceport is used by Russia to send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). But Moscow has signalled it aims to pull out of the ISS -- one of t...
W-3 Mission Completes High-Speed Reentry at Koonibba Test Range Demonstrating Southern Launch's Advanced Capabilities
May 15, 2025 (SPX)
The W-3 capsule, developed by Varda Space Industries, carried a cutting-edge Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) payload designed by the US Air Force and Innovative...
System glitch delays Australian-made rocket launch
May 15, 2025 (AFP)
Gilmour Space Technologies said a ground system glitch forced it to postpone the first test launch of its three-stage Eris rocket by a day until Friday. "The is...
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