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Young entrepreneur aims to send 3D-printed rockets to space
Apr 09, 2019 (AFP)
But Relativity Space, the company he co-founded in December 2015 with the vision of launching 3D-printed rockets, has grown from 14 to 80 employees in one year ...
Rocket fuel that's cleaner, safer and still full of energy
Apr 08, 2019 (SPX)
The new fuels use simple chemical "triggers" to unlock the energy of one of the hottest new materials, a class of porous solids known as metal-organic framework...
Northrop Grumman completes 2nd test of rocket motor for ULA Atlas V
Apr 08, 2019 (SPX)
The maximum thrust of the GEM 63 is 373,000 pounds or roughly the equivalent of five B-2 Spirit bombers. Up to five GEM 63 motors can support a single Atlas V l...
Composite Overwrap 3D-Printed Rocket Thruster Endures Extreme Heat
Apr 08, 2019 (SPX)
Engineers at NASA tested a 2,400 lbf thrust 3D-printed copper rocket thrust chamber with composite overwrap to see if the uniquely made hardware could withstand...
NASA Achieves Rocket Engine Test Milestone Needed for Moon Missions
Apr 05, 2019 (SPX)
"This completes four years of focused work by an exceptional Stennis test team," Stennis Director Rick Gilbrech said. "It represents yet another chapter in Sten...
Arianespace completes deployment of O3b constellation
Apr 05, 2019 (ESA)
The launch took place on Thursday, April 4, at 2:03 pm (local time) from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana (South America). Thi...
US Planning Five Hypersonic Test Programs in Marshall Islands
Apr 04, 2019 (Sputnik)
"There are currently five active hypersonic test programs in various stages of planning at RTS [the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defence Test Site]," Dickins...
First 2019 Proton-M Rocket Launch From Baikonur Slated for May
Apr 03, 2019 (SPX)
Last week, another source told Sputnik that the first 2019 launch of the Proton-M carrier rocket from Baikonur had been postponed from May 17 to 24-25 May. "The...
India launches PSLV-C45, with spysat and 28 microsats onboard
Apr 02, 2019 (ISRO)
The PSLV-C45 mission lifted off at 09:27 Hrs (IST) on April 01, 2019 from the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota in its 47th flig...
Arianespace Flight VS22: A fifth launch for the operator SES and its O3b constellation
Mar 30, 2019 (ESA)
By performing the 22nd Soyuz flight from the CSG, Arianespace is supporting - for the fifth time - SES in the expansion of its successful Non-Geostationary Sate...
China completes compatibility test on core parts of rocket engine
Mar 30, 2019 (XNA)
The engine will deliver 500 tonnes of thrust using a combination of liquid oxygen and kerosene, the paper quoted a statement of China Aerospace Science and Tech...
China's first privately funded orbital rocket fails
Mar 27, 2019 (UPI)
Shortly after blastoff, the OS-M Chongqing launch vehicle's second stage failed, according to NASASpaceFlight.com. The rocket, which launched from Jiuquan Satel...
First 2019 launch from Vostochny Space Centre slated for 27 June
Mar 27, 2019 (Sputnik)
"The blastoff date for Meteor is June 27 from Vostochny", it said. The Vostochny Cosmodrome has been under construction since 2012. The cosmodrome is one of the...
Sunrise and Phase Four partner for Next-gen electric propulsion
Mar 26, 2019 (SPX)
Sunrise specializes in leading-edge aerospace technology, including satellite hardware and launch. As part of a three-year agreement, Sunrise will be bringing M...
More efficient satellite launch platform on the horizon
Mar 26, 2019 (SPX)
As part of the University's Clean Combustion Group, Associate Professor Matthew Cleary, Associate Professor Ben Thornber, and Dr Dries Verstraete have joined th...
Russian S7 space firm to cancel deal with Ukraine's rocket maker
Mar 26, 2019 (Sputnik)
"Yes, we are going to," Natalya Fileva, who owns the company together with her husband, Vladislav Filev, said, adding she could not name the exact date of the c...
SLS engine section approaches finish line for first flight
Mar 24, 2019 (SPX)
Technicians at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have installed more than 500 sensors, 18 miles of cables, and numerous other critical systems for...
Arianespace orbits 600th satellite, the PRISMA EO satellite for Italy
Mar 21, 2019 (ESA)
This was the first Vega launch in 2019, and the 14th successful launch in a row for this light launcher since its introduction at the Guiana Space Center (CSG) ...
Key Space Launch System Stage Separation Mechanism Installed
Mar 21, 2019 (SPX)
One newly installed piece of hardware - the frangible joint assembly - is designed to break apart, allowing the hardware elements to separate during flight. Whe...
US space to counter alleged hypersonic weapons threat says Shanahan
Mar 21, 2019 (Sputnik)
"We put together a roadmap, and the roadmap was about how do we leverage space to reduce threats to the United States," Shanahan said during an event at the Cen...
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