30 June 2019
Asteroid day 2019
... towards Earth - programmes that both NASA and ESA have initiated with their Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) and HERA missions respectively. Just this week, astronomers discovered a car-size asteroid hours before...
30 June 2016
Orbital ATK and NASA Successfully Complete Second Qualification Test
...and burn approximately six tons of propellant per second. Tuesday's test was delayed by a computer anomaly, resulting from a data ... The affected part had to be replaced prior to testing. Orbital ATK's vice president and general manager of propulsion...
11 October 2021
Disrupting Earth-bound asteroids with nukes is “very effective”, new study says
Firing nuclear missiles at a late-spotted Earth-bound asteroid would be effective in stopping the majority of the rocky body hitting our planet, a new study by US scientists says. Every day, Earth is bombarded with more than 100 tons of dust and ...
November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
...The overall facility, referred to as the EDEN ISS Mobile Test Facility (MTF), will be built in order to provide ...at the end of 2016, following which a long-term integrated testing campaign will be conducted at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in...
22 April 2019
Anomaly during SpaceX test could delay its first crewed flight
... unclear how this significant static fire incident will affect that test, other than to lead delays to NASA’s Commercial Crew Program... this prior to flight are the main reasons why we test. Our teams are investigating and working closely with our NASA...
20 May 2020
Skyrora completes first UK ground rocket test in 50 years
... of its fully integrated Skylark-L launch vehicle, an achievement that marks the country’s first ground rocket test in 50 years. The test, which was completed at the company’s mobile launch complex at Kildemorie Estate in North Scotland earlier this...
