30 June 2016
Orbital ATK and NASA Successfully Complete Second Qualification Test
...propellant burns more slowly at colder temperatures, and now booster engineers will have the data they need to validate... and the qualification series for the upgraded booster are now complete. The booster will next be used on the maiden flight...
12 October 2018
Soyuz investigation focuses on second stage failure
...supply ships are expected to launch on schedule in November. The booster rocket carrying a Soyuz spacecraft with a Russian and a US ...space. It was the first mishap for a Russian Soyuz booster since an earlier version of the rocket caught fire on ...
23 November 2018
3D printed body parts being studied for future astronauts
.... The experiment was bound for the ISS last month, but the aborted launch of the Soyuz-FG booster that was carrying it, resulted in the printer coming to an abrupt end as it was jettisoned from the habitation module...
06 May 2019
Japan's first private rocket launches successfully
... is currently incapable of sending them into orbit. Interstellar Technologies also has its sights set on developing a larger booster able to carry payloads weighing up to 100 kg (220.5 lb) into a sun synchronous orbit. Dubbed ZERO, the company hopes...
12 April 2016
SpaceX booster back in port
...the stage crashing or tipping over. A Falcon 9 booster landed on a landing pad at Cape Canaveral Air ...If it is in good enough condition, SpaceX hopes to test-fire the booster's nine Merlin engines multiple times and then attempt to launch it for a ...
08 August 2018
The most reusable and reliable rocket ever?
... off using one of SpaceX’s new powerful Block 5 booster, the most advanced upgrade of the company’s rocket, ...after delivering its payload to orbit yesterday to become the 28th booster that SpaceX has ever recovered. Its reusability will be tested ...
