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Engine Section for NASA's SLS Rocket Moved for Final Integration
Sep 05, 2019 (SPX)
The engine section, which comprises the lowest portion of the 212-foot-tall stage, is the last major component to be horizontally integrated to the core stage. ...
Lockheed Martin's Expertise In Hypersonic Flight Wins New Army Work
Sep 05, 2019 (SPX)
As the prime contractor for the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) systems integration project, the Lockheed Martin-team will develop and integrate a land-base...
US Sanctions Iran's Space Agency, Space Research Centre Days After Failed Satellite Launch
Sep 04, 2019 (Sputnik)
The US has imposed sanctions on the Iranian Space Agency, Space Research Centre, and Astronautics Research Institute, the US Treasury said in a statement. Secre...
Study tests performance of electric solid propellant
Sep 04, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Missouri University of Science and Technology, and NASA conducted experiments to understand the...
Dynetics, Raytheon producing glide bodies for hypersonic weapon prototypes
Sep 03, 2019 (UPI)
The U.S. Army is leading a team with the U.S. Navy and Air Force to deliver hypersonic weapon combat capability to soldiers by 2023. The hypersonic weapons laun...
Russia Launches Rokot Space Rocket to Orbit Military Satellite
Sep 02, 2019 (Sputnik)
"All pre-launch operations and the launch of the Rokot space rocket were successful. The ground assets of the Space Forces carried out control over the launch a...
Trump says US 'not involved' in Iranian rocket failure
Aug 31, 2019 (AFP)
Tehran has made no official comment on the indications from aerial photos that a rocket exploded Thursday on the launch pad at the Semnan Space Center in northe...
China's first medium-scale launcher with LOX LCH4 propellants ZQ-2 soliciting payloads worldwide
Aug 29, 2019 (SPX)
LandSpace President Zhang Long stated, "As China's first medium-scale launcher with LOX/LCH4 propellants, ZQ-2 is widely recognized as a reusable eco-friendly a...
Arianespace will launch Ovzon-3 satellite
Aug 28, 2019 (SPX)
Ovzon-3 will have a mass at liftoff of approximately 1,500 kg. and will be placed in geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5 launch vehicle in 2021 from the...
NASA prepares for green run testing, practices lifting SLS Core Stage
Aug 28, 2019 (SPX)
For this test of the new core stage, Stennis will lift the flight core stage for Artemis 1, the first SLS mission into the stand. SLS and the new Orion spacecra...
SpaceX's Starhopper hits new height in test flight
Aug 28, 2019 (UPI)
In less than 2 minutes, the vehicle rose nearly 500 feet into the air, traveled to a landing pad 328 feet away and descended, landing in an upright position. Th...
New Delhi in Talks With Moscow Over Rocket Engines for Indian Space Program
Aug 27, 2019 (Sputnik)
"Russia is offering its semi-cryogenic rocket engine technology to India under the 'Make-in-India' programme. The rocket engines could be made in India and used...
Scientific Samples Make the Journey Back to Earth aboard SpaceX's Dragon
Aug 27, 2019 (SPX)
Here are details on some of the investigations returning to the ground for further analysis and reporting of results. The ISS Experience is creating a cinematic...
'Game-Changer' for Cosmic Research: NASA Chief Touts Nuclear Powered Spacecraft
Aug 23, 2019 (Sputnik)
Speaking at a National Space Council (NSC) meeting on Tuesday, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) chief Jim Bridenstine specifically praised t...
Hall thrusters will enable longer space missions
Aug 21, 2019 (SPX)
The Hall thruster is a propulsion system that is often used by craft involved in long missions. A recent study by Andrey Shashkov and co-workers at the Moscow I...
China launches 3 satellites wth Jielong-1 rocket
Aug 20, 2019 (Sputnik)
The rocket was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province in the country's northwest at 12.11 local time (07.11 GMT). ?The three satell...
Robotic tool operations bring in-space refueling closer to reality
Aug 19, 2019 (SPX)
The ability to store and transfer cryogens (super-cold hydrogen, oxygen and methane) will help spacecraft journey father into our solar system and beyond. The s...
SNC selects ULA for Dream Chaser launches
Aug 19, 2019 (SPX)
"Dream Chaser can launch from any conventional rocket so we had great options," said SNC CEO Fatih Ozmen. "SNC selected ULA because of our strong collaboration ...
SpaceX sets rocket booster reuse record in satellite launch
Aug 18, 2019 (UPI)
The rocket carried 58 of the company's Starlink satellites into space, along with three small Earth-imaging SkySat satellites for San Francisco-based Planet (fo...
US detect explosion of old European Ariane 4 rocket in space
Aug 16, 2019 (Sputnik)
The US Air Force's Outer Space Monitoring Service spotted the explosion, in orbit, of the third stage of a European Ariane 4 space rocket, the 18th US Air Force...
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