Long Beach CA (SPX) Jan 27, 2021 - Virgin Orbit has been selected by the Dutch space engineering company Innovative Solutions in Space (ISIS) to launch the Royal Netherlands Air Force's (RNLAF) first ever satellite, a 6U CubeSat call
Shanghai (XNA) Jan 27, 2021 - Long March-6A, China's first carrier rocket powered by a solid and liquid engine, will make its maiden flight in 2021, its developer said. Long March-6A, a new generation medium-launch vehicle
Bay St. Louis MS (SPX) Jan 26, 2021 - For the Green Run hot fire test on Jan. 16, NASA set out to acquire test data to support 23 detailed verification objectives. To satisfy the objectives, hot fire test data is used in combination wit
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 26, 2021 - Seattle-area company Radian Aerospace plans to build and commercialize a true spaceplane that could take off from a commercial runway, fly to space and return under its own power - a feat never achieved in aerospace history.
Paris (ESA) Jan 26, 2021 - For the first time ever, a telecommunications satellite has used an iodine propellant to change its orbit around Earth. The small but potentially disruptive innovation could help to clear the
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 26, 2021 - When the big ring of nine Merlin engines on the Falcon 9 rocket rumbled to life, propelling NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 spacecraft and its occupants to their historic rendezvous with the International Spac
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jan 26, 2021 - NASA and Boeing are targeting no earlier than Thursday, March 25, for the launch of Starliner's second uncrewed flight test as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. Boeing's Orbital Flight T
Miami (AFP) Jan 24, 2021 - SpaceX on Sunday launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a record number of satellites on board, the private space company said.
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 24, 2021 - A SpaceX Dragon capsule that had transported supplies and experiments to the International Space Station splashed down along the coast of Florida on Monday afternoon.
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 22, 2021 - NASA may cut its presence in Russia over the shrinking cooperation on the International Space Station, sources in the space and rocket industry told Sputnik. NASA currently has a central offic
Promontory UT (SPX) Jan 22, 2021 - Northrop Grumman has conducted a validation ground test of an extended length 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63XL) in Promontory. This variation of the company's GEM 63 strap-on booster
Aboard Yuanwang-5 (Xinhua) Jan 22, 2021 - China's space tracking ship Yuanwang-5 completed its mission in the Pacific Ocean to monitor and ensure the launch of the Tiantong 1-03 satellite on Wednesday. China successfully launched the
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 22, 2021 - A 3D-printed thruster that emits a stream of pure ions could be a low-cost, extremely efficient propulsion source for miniature satellites. The nanosatellite thruster created by MIT researcher
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Jan 22, 2021 - The European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus have agreed on service orders for two independent payload missions to be launched to the Bartolomeo payload hosting facility on the International Space Sta
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 20, 2021 - SpaceX launched another shipment of 60 Starlink satellites from Florida on Wednesday morning, adding to a rapidly growing cluster of high-speed broadband communications spacecraft.
Phong Nha, Vietnam (AFP) Jan 20, 2021 - Vast rock formations the size of multi-storey buildings loom above Ho Minh Phuc, as he picks a path through the gloom inside the world's largest cave.
