Paris (ESA) Jan 27, 2021 - Lights, camera, action for NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover. The duo will install European payloads outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk on 27 January, guided
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 27, 2021 - Axiom Space on Tuesday announced its crew for humankind's first flight of a group of private individuals to a Low Earth Orbit destination - the first-ever entirely private mission proposed to fly to
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Cocoa Beach FL (SPX) Jan 20, 2021 - Historical launches like the return to crewed space flight and Mars2020 helped propel Florida's Space Coast to their busiest launch year in decades, putting the region on the top of the list for lau
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 20, 2021 - NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine stepped down as planned Wednesday and posted a message on Twitter to thank employees and all who supported his tenure at the space agency.
