Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is progressing through a series of parachute drop tests, refining the technology for returning the spacecraft back home safely. However, NASA’s safety advisory body has cited certification concerns about a major element for the spacecraft’s ride to space, specifically the RD-180 engine used by the Atlas V launch vehicle.
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The U.S. Congress is debating the reinstatement of a purchasing ban on Russian RD-180 engines –…
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ATK has provided additional details about its domestic alternative to the Russian-built RD-180 engine currently…
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SpaceX kicked off 2025 by continuing its record-breaking pace of Falcon 9 launches while also…
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SpaceX is gearing up for another record-breaking year in 2025 after surpassing all previous record-breaking…
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With flight hardware being tested, recovery rehearsals underway, and production facilities growing, Blue Origin is…
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SpaceXUncrewed
SpaceX continues record-breaking year with Starship’s full success and Falcon milestones
SpaceX continues to break records with its Falcon rockets during 2024 completing to date a…
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The final satellite of the GOES-R series of satellites, GOES-U, was launched on June 25…
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After years of anticipation, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner capsule has flown its first crew into space…
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Launch Roundup – Starship launches for fourth time, Starliner launches on third attempt, Virgin Galactic to fly VSS Unity for last time
by Martin SmithThere were two high-profile missions scheduled this week after a challenging weekend that saw the…
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CommercialInternationalOther
ADRAS-J mission takes methodical first steps toward the commercial removal of space debris
by Martin SmithThe recent increase in launches to meet growing demands for communications and observation satellites is…
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The NG-20 mission has flown the Cygnus spacecraft S.S. Patricia Hilliard Robertson to a path…
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As SpaceX continues toward its goal of launching 100 times in 2023, the company launched…
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On the southern coast of South Korea, the first entirely home-grown launch vehicle in the…
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NASA and Roscosmos astronauts have both conducted spacewalks this week aboard the International Space Station…
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India launched a new ocean monitoring satellite on Saturday morning, using its PSLV rocket to…
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The Eutelsat Hotbird-13F geostationary communications satellite launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 out of Cape…
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Spacewalks, crewed missions, and science: March in orbit aboard the ISS
The International Space Station (ISS) and its astronauts had a busy March as teams performed…
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Russia has launched its third and final demonstration flight of the Angara A5 rocket on…
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United Launch Alliance has launched NASA’s most powerful Earth-imaging satellite, Landsat 9, on an Atlas…