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SpaceX announces partnership to send four tourists into deep orbit
Feb 18, 2020 (AFP)
The company signed the deal with Space Adventures, which is based in Washington and served as an intermediary to send eight space tourists to the International ...
Blue Origin opens Huntsville factory for BE-7 rocket engines
Feb 18, 2020 (SPX)
These engines will undergo testing at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center on the historic Test Stand 4670. BE-7, our lunar landing engine, is also currently in te...
Arianespace orbits two satellites - JCSAT-17 and GEO-KOMPSAT-2B
Feb 18, 2020 (ESA)
Following the launch, Arianespace Chief Executive Officer Stephane Israel said: "As we start to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Arianespace, this latest succe...
SpaceX re-useable rocket misses landing ship
Feb 17, 2020 (AFP)
The private company founded by billionaire Elon Musk has revolutionized spaceflight in recent years by developing rockets capable of delivering their payload in...
Electric solid propellant - can it take the heat?
Feb 14, 2020 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Missouri University of Science and Technology, and NASA used a computer model that simulates th...
Artemis I progresses toward launch
Feb 13, 2020 (SPX)
"Thanks to the hard work of women and men across our country, NASA's deep space exploration system is the Artemis program's foundation. With their contributions...
Australian Govt funds rocket fuel tank research
Feb 13, 2020 (SPX)
A Gilmour Space Technologies, University of Southern Queensland (USQ) and Teakle Composites project to create lightweight rocket fuel tanks was included in the ...
Arianespace at the service of SKY Perfect JSAT and KARI with JCSAT-17 and GEO-KOMPSAT-2B
Feb 12, 2020 (ESA)
With this mission dedicated to space applications for telecommunications and environment monitoring, Arianespace once again contributes to the improvement of li...
Aerojet Rocketdyne wins DARPA hypersonic propulsion technology contract
Feb 12, 2020 (SPX)
"Advancing hypersonic technology is a national security imperative," said Eileen Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and president. "Our team is proud to apply our de...
Economical and environmentally friendly solutions on the commercial satellites market
Feb 12, 2020 (SPX)
One of the solutions to this problem is the use of steam thrusters - a solution that is rapidly breaking through into the mainstream satellite market. Steam dri...
Aerojet Rocketdyne nets $12.1M for anti-hypersonic missile program
Feb 11, 2020 (SPX)
The contract, announced Monday by Aerojet and the Department of Defense, continues work on the program, which started in 2018 to develop technologies to defense...
India, Russia Agree to Develop Advanced Ignition Systems to Propel Futuristic Rockets, Missiles
Feb 10, 2020 (Sputnik)
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday announced a crucial tie-up with Russia's Rosoboronexport to develop an igniter that will ...
Systima Technologies expands workforce to support hypersonic programs
Feb 10, 2020 (SPX)
Systima is adding two new campuses located in the nearby city of Maltby, WA and further north in Port of Skagit, WA. Construction is underway and the new facili...
NASA, Europe space agency launch Solar Orbiter mission
Feb 09, 2020 (UPI)
The rocket lifted off into a partly cloudy sky with a full moon as planned at 11:03 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a...
Changing the way NASA keeps it cool
Feb 05, 2020 (SPX)
"As energy from the Sun, Earth, and even the Moon enters the cryogenic propellant tanks, the liquid has to absorb that energy, which causes it to boiloff," expl...
Aerojet Rocketdyne delivers RL10 engines that will help send NASA astronauts to deep space
Feb 04, 2020 (SPX)
"Nearly 500 Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10 engines have powered launches into space," said Eileen Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and president. "Aerojet Rocketdyne cont...
Rocket Lab successfully launches U.S. spy satellite
Feb 03, 2020 (UPI)
"Successful Electron lift-off!" RocketLab tweeted on Friday afternoon in New Zealand. The company had experienced a few delays for the launch due to ground-leve...
India plans to send 50 satellite launch vehicles into orbit within next 5 years
Feb 03, 2020 (Sputnik)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to launch at least 50 medium and heavy satellites into orbit in the next five years. These launches will inc...
Elon Musk drops surprise techno track
Jan 31, 2020 (AFP)
The founder of carmaker Tesla and the private space firm SpaceX announced on Twitter he had released an electronic dance track, changing his social media handle...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches fourth batch of 60 Starlink satellites
Jan 29, 2020 (SPX)
SpaceX originally said the launch would occur Monday morning, but pushed that to Tuesday because of rain and clouds near the pad. Then, on Monday evening, the c...
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