The ESA (European Space Agency) has taken a major step towards developing reusable rockets with the completion of a series of tanking tests for its Themis vehicle, which will serve as a testbed for the agency to experiment with launch and landing operations.
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April 14, 1981. The orbiter Columbia rested on a runway at Edwards Air Force Base,…
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During October 2021’s Small Payload Ride Share Association Symposium, a collection of small satellite launch…
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ArtemisBoeing/StarlinerEuropean
Boeing working on multiple Cores, first EUS hardware for Artemis missions 2-4
by Philip SlossIn addition to supporting the upcoming first launch of NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS)…
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SpaceX has launched another next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite for the United States Space…
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Relativity Space, leveraging their 3D printing technology, has announced the next step towards supporting multiplanetary…
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Other
VY Canis Majoris mass-loss history sheds light on hypergiant’s state, connection to Betelgeuse
In the southern hemisphere, in the constellation Canis Major, lies a very young, very massive…
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CommercialSpaceX
SpaceX evolving fairing recovery plans, taking advantage of Octagrabber in pursuit of rapid reusability
SpaceX set a company record with 25 orbital launches in 2020. All but five of…
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To date, Rocket Lab has successfully introduced the first dedicated small satellite launch vehicle, Electron,…
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In their most active year to date, SpaceX reached several reuse milestones, further pursuing their…
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China debuted the new Long March-8 – Chang Zheng-8 – launch vehicle out of Wenchang…
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NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Program is pursuing ways to accelerate development of the on-again,…
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Artemis
Administration proposes the end of EUS while Administrator considers full Exploration manifest rewrite
by Philip SlossAlongside last week’s Trump Administration budget proposal to cancel future Space Launch System (SLS) upgrades,…
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CommercialOther
Exos Aerospace’s SARGE rocket to serve as a platform for a reusable small satellite launcher
With a successful test flight of the reusable SARGE (Suborbital Autonomous Rocket with GuidancE) Â sounding…
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CommercialShuttle
SSME returns as AR-22 for rapid reuse demonstration, fired ten times in ten days
by Philip SlossAerojet Rocketdyne successfully completed a nearly two-week long rapid-turnaround test-firing demonstration of a Space Shuttle…
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Expedition 55 Flight Engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold stepped outside of the International Space…
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CommercialSpaceX
First Falcon 9 Block 5 booster readying for static fire at McGregor; paving way for rapid reuse
by Ian AtkinsonSpaceX is working towards a major milestone on their road to rapid and inexpensive reusability.…
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After 30 days in space and 28 days berthed to the International Space Station, SpaceX’s…
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For SpaceX and its founder Elon Musk, it was a day 15 years in the…
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Space industry stalwart Arianespace believes it will continue to compete in the global launch services…