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Private U.S. space company ABL fails to launch from Alaska
Jan 11, 2023 (UPI)
The ABL RS1 lifted off from its Kodiak Island launchpad midafternoon Alaska time on Tuesday. The company said through its official Twitter account that it exper...
SpaceX Dragon capsule to return to Earth on Wednesday
Jan 10, 2023 (UPI)
The capsule arrived about a month ago to deliver about two tons of scientific investigations and supplies to the space station. NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and ...
SpaceX to launch 51 Starlink satellites after weather delay
Jan 10, 2023 (UPI)
SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket topped with 51 of its Internet satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:02 p.m. EST. The launch, ...
UK space chiefs vows to try again after failed rocket launch
Jan 10, 2023 (AFP)
The failure of the mission late on Monday is a blow to the UK's fledgling space sector. Had it been successful, it would have made the UK one of only nine count...
NASA selects experimental space technology concepts for initial study
Jan 10, 2023 (SPX)
The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program fosters innovation by funding early-stage studies to evaluate technologies that could support future missio...
Historic UK rocket mission ends in failure
Jan 10, 2023 (AFP)
A Virgin Orbit Boeing 747 carrying the 70-foot (21-metre) rocket took off from a spaceport in Cornwall, southwest England, at 2202 GMT. The rocket then detached...
Heat shield inspections underway on Artemis I Orion spacecraft
Jan 09, 2023 (SPX)
In this photo, technicians underneath the crew module closely examine the heat shield, which endured temperatures near 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit during reentry t...
Virgin Orbit completes final End-to-end Rehearsal for first UK launch
Jan 09, 2023 (SPX)
The LauncherOne system that will conduct the mission is now mated to its carrier aircraft, a Boeing 747 dubbed Cosmic Girl, at Spaceport Cornwall. Yesterday mor...
Historic UK rocket mission has lift-off
Jan 09, 2023 (AFP)
The Virgin Orbit Boeing 747 carrying the 70-foot (21-metre) rocket took off from a spaceport in Cornwall, southwest England, at 2202 GMT. The rocket then detach...
Sidus Space awarded Bechtel Cable Assembly contract for Mobile Launcher 2
Jan 04, 2023 (SPX)
Sidus was previously awarded a contract to fabricate custom cables and populate unique electronics cabinets supporting the launch control subsystem and ground s...
SpaceX rocket carries 114 satellites in first launch of 2023
Jan 03, 2023 (UPI)
The Falcon 9 launched the Transporter-6 rideshare mission from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at about 9:56 a.m., EST. The first stage of the Falcon 9 r...
Latest launch marks 64th mission for China in 2022
Jan 01, 2023 (XNA)
The rocket blasted off at 12:43 pm at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province and then deployed the Shiyan 10-02 experimental ...
Artemis I Orion spacecraft returns to Kennedy Space Center
Jan 01, 2023 (SPX)
Now that Orion is back at Kennedy, technicians will remove payloads from the capsule as part of de-servicing operations, including Commander Moonikin Campos, ze...
Inauguration of mainland Europe's first satellite launch complex
Dec 27, 2022 (SPX)
For Europe, the new orbital launch facility at Esrange is a long-awaited critical asset. Today, only some ten countries in the world have the capability to laun...
Virgin Orbit' Launcherone Systems given green light for upcoming mission
Dec 27, 2022 (SPX)
Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne system is currently at Spaceport Cornwall in the U.K. and preparing to roll out to mate to its 747-400 carrier aircraft for final lau...
Young ESA team prepare Ariane 6 passenger
Dec 22, 2022 (ESA)
When ESA announced the opportunity to propose payloads for the first Ariane 6 flight, ESA Young Professionals came together to design a mission mounted to the p...
Exploration power for the Moon, Mars, and Beyond
Dec 22, 2022 (SPX)
Unlike Apollo missions, which were equatorial and had abundant sunlight, Artemis missions will operate in inhospitable conditions, including the lunar night cyc...
UK space regulator issues Virgin Orbit licenses ahead of UK launch
Dec 22, 2022 (SPX)
Virgin Orbit met the licensing requirements having demonstrated to the UK Civil Aviation Authority it has taken all reasonable steps to ensure safety risks aris...
Vega-C rocket lost shortly after lift-off in French Guiana
Dec 21, 2022 (AFP)
The failure on Tuesday night threatens to ground the Vega-C, which would leave Europe without a short-term way to launch satellites into orbit after delays to t...
Europe's access to space in jeopardy after Vega-C rocket failure
Dec 21, 2022 (AFP)
Just minutes after the Vega-C rocket lifted off from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 10:47 pm local time on Tuesday (0147 GMT Wednesday), its tra...
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