London, UK (SPX) Jul 25, 2022 - The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is consulting on the determination of a marine licence application from Virgin Orbit, proposing to launch a satellite from Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay.
Beijing (XNA) Jul 25, 2022 - The Wentian space lab will help to greatly advance scientific research and the development of technology in China, providing a unique platform for experiments that are difficult or impossible to be
Beijing (AFP) July 24, 2022 - China on Sunday launched the second of three modules needed to complete its new space station, state media reported, the latest step in Beijing's ambitious space programme.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 22, 2022 - Near Earth's North and South poles, wispy, iridescent clouds often shimmer high in the summertime sky around dusk and dawn. These night-shining, or noctilucent, clouds are sometimes spotted farther
Promontory UT (SPX) Jul 22, 2022 - Northrop Grumman and NASA have conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket motor, known as Flight Support Booster-2. The five-segment solid rocket booster is the wo
Kyoto City, Japan (SPX) Jul 22, 2022 - Among the many functions performed by skeletal muscles, an important one is maintaining our posture. If it weren't for these muscles, Earth's gravitational pull may make it difficult for us to stand
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 21, 2022 - The USYD Rocketry Team has been announced as the overall winner of the Spaceport America Cup intercollegiate rocketry competition, held annually in New Mexico. Competing against 97 student teams fro
London, UK (SPX) Jul 20, 2022 - Dawn Aerospace has been awarded euro 1.4 million from the European Commission to help develop its transformative 'green', in-space propulsion technology. The grant will contribute to Dawn's c
Beijing (XNA) Jul 20, 2022 - China's Wentian space laboratory and its carrier-a Long March 5B rocket-were moved to a service tower on Monday morning to undergo final tests before their planned flight in the coming days, accordi
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 20, 2022 - DARPA's Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC), a missile program conducted in partnership with the U.S. Air Force, completed another successful free flight in early July. This is the second
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 20, 2022 - Orbital logistics and space mining leader TransAstra Corporation has been granted a patent on a solar-thermal rocket engine that will revolutionize the rapidly expanding satellite industry, and acce
Cleveland OH (SPX) Jul 20, 2022 - Sustainable aircraft of the future are going to need propulsion systems that can use technology to generate power comparable to the equipment used in today's commercial jets. But creating such
Wenchang (XNA) Jul 20, 2022 - The combination of China's space station lab module Wentian and a Long March-5B Y3 carrier rocket has been transferred to the launch area, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said Monday. The
Richland WA (SPX) Jul 17, 2022 - A tiny piece of rural Washington state-and some of its inhabitants- blasted off into space from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 14. The inhabitants are bacteria that live i
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 17, 2022 - NASA and Northrop Grumman will perform a full-scale static test of a Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket booster motor at Northrop Grumman's Promontory, Utah, test facility July 21. Engineers wil
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2022 - While the International Space Station was traveling more than 267 miles over the South Atlantic Ocean, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft autonomously docked to the forward-facing port of the statio
