Gold Coast, Australia (SPX) Jan 20, 2021 - Australia's leading rocket company, Gilmour Space Technologies, has ushered in the New Year with a successful hotfire of the world's largest single-port hybrid rocket engine. [See video] We a
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.
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.
Beijing (XNA) Jan 19, 2021 - Three major components of China's space station program have passed technical and quality assessments and are ready for upcoming missions, the China Manned Space Agency said. Experts from the
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 19, 2021 - Two Russian cosmonauts completed the first spacewalk of 2022 outside the International Space Station to perform tasks that will allow spacecraft to dock with a new Russian segment.
Berlin (AFP) Jan 19, 2021 - Signs are emerging that the coronavirus pandemic is finally dragging Germany's notoriously sluggish administrative processes into the 21st century - albeit one very small step at a time.
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 18, 2021 - SpaceX plans to launch 49 Starlink satellites from Florida on Tuesday evening, bringing the total number of Starlinks launched to over 2,000.
Beijing (XNA) Jan 18, 2021 - Three major components of China's space station program have passed technical and quality assessments and are ready for upcoming missions, according to the China Manned Space Agency. Experts f
Orlando FL (UPI) Jan 18, 2021 - NASA's plan to test its new moon rocket fell short of a scheduled eight-minute test-firing Saturday in Mississippi as the engines were shut down at just over a minute into the test. The 212-fo
Beijing (XNA) Jan 18, 2021 - The core module of China's planned space station has passed a factory review, along with the project's Tianzhou-2 cargo craft and the core module mission products of the space application systems, t
Orlando FL (UPI) Jan 18, 2021 - NASA's plan to test its new moon rocket fell short of a scheduled eight-minute test-firing Saturday in Mississippi as the engines were shut down at just over a minute into the test. The 212-fo
Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2021 - Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit project on Sunday successfully flew a rocket into space from the wing of a 747 plane, paving the way for a new method of launching low-cost satellites.
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 17, 2021 - California-based Virgin Orbit made its first successful flight to orbit Sunday using a rocket launched from a plane over the Pacific Ocean, announcing later that the satellites aboard were released successfully.
Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2021 - NASA conducted a test firing of the engines for its giant Space Launch System (SLS) lunar rocket on Saturday but they shut down earlier than planned, the space agency said.
Paris (ESA) Jan 15, 2021 - The month of December comes with holidays for many, but for the International Space Station and mission controls around the world, science never rests. The arrival of the 21st cargo spaceship
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jan 15, 2021 - SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft splashed down safely off the coast of Florida last night, concluding a month-plus stay at the International Space Station (ISS) to bring back thousands of pounds of scient
