SpaceX successfully launched Starship from Texas to complete the sixth flight test as Elon Musk continues his mission of sending memes to the moon. His Starship rocket will blast off […]
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SpaceX’s Dragon’s journey to return Crew-8 astronauts from ISS after many delays
Dragon and Crew-8 autonomously undocked from the International Space Station at 5:05 p.m. ET on Wednesday, October 23. After performing a series of departure burns to move away from the […]
Rocket Lab’s successful first hot fire of Archimedes engine for Neutron rocket
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), provider in launch services and space systems has successfully hot fired its new rocket engine Archimedes for the first time, reaching a critical technical […]
UPDATE: The SpaceX Mishap Report Falcon 9 returns to flight
SpaceX submitted its mishap report to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding Falcon 9’s launch anomaly on July 11, 2024. SpaceX’s investigation team, with oversight from the FAA, was able […]
SpaceX’s Sunday, the 7th, Starlink launch of 20 smallsats
CORRECTION JULY 8 launch: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch of a batch of 20 Starlink satellites including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities on July 7, 2024 at 11:10 […]
SpaceX’s Friday Cape Starlink smallsat launch weather permitting
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch a batch of Starlink communications satellites on Friday May 17 from Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral from 4:52 – 9:01 PM PDT. Falcon 9 […]
Orbex secures international patent for coaxial rocket fuel tanks
Orbex has been granted an international patent across more than a dozen countries to protect the firm’s coaxial tanking technology, which nests the main rocket fuel tank within the main […]
NASA’s 3D-printed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine test is all fired-up
NASA has achieved a new benchmark in developing an innovative propulsion system called the Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE). Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, successfully […]
The Dawn Aerospace spaceplane achieves key rocket engine milestone
Dawn Aerospace has achieved a key rocket engine as the company has successfully completed a full-duration, bi-propellant test of the Mk-II Aurora spaceplane’s rocket engine — the Mk-IIA engine was […]
Firefly Aerospace completes 1st Miranda engine hot fire test
Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, completed the first hot fire test for its Miranda engine that will power the first stage of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 330 and […]