07 April 2016
Ariane 6 Rocket Still on Schedule for 2020
... and the end of the development phase,” Charmeau said. “It’s an inflation computation.” The Ariane 64 carries four strap-on boosters and can place satellites weighing a combined 10,500 kilograms into orbit. Patrick Bonguet, Ariane 6 program head...
08 April 2016
Falcon 9 Launch Scheduled for Later Today
... as critical to opening up the space frontier. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has said that reusable boosters could cut the cost of spaceflight by a factor of 100, perhaps making Mars colonies economically feasible. While SpaceX...
28 February 2017
The future is here: Elon Musk announces commercial flights to the Moon
... mission. According to Musk, the Moonshot mission would launch on a Dragon 2 crew spacecraft using a SpaceX Falcon Heavy booster, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission is expected to launch about six months after the...
12 June 2017
US spy satellite buzzes ISS
... – SpaceX cut off launch coverage two minutes and 48 seconds after liftoff, some 30 seconds after the booster’s first-stage separated from the upper-stage. The NRO has declined to provide further details about...
04 July 2017
Rocket failure could delay China's Chang'e 5 mission
... year. The Long March 5 rocket, which had its maiden launch last November, is China's most powerful booster. It is said to be three times as powerful as the current Long March 2F rocket that delivered Tiangong-2 - China's second space...
18 December 2017
Prometheus to power future European launchers
... available and its high efficiency, standardisation and operational simplicity makes it a perfect candidate for a reusable booster engine demonstration. In fact, an oxygen/methane combustion chamber demonstrator (named ROMEO) has already been tested...
