06 May 2020
China launches prototype spacecraft on maiden flight of Long March 5B
... with hard ground are also expected to be carried out. With its ten engines, including four strapped on boosters to increase its lift capabilities, the Long March 5B is China’s most powerful launch vehicle to date. As tall as an 18-storey...
13 May 2020
Debris from China's rocket may have hit African villages
.... The Long March 5B however just has the one stage. After using four liquid-fuelled strap-on boosters to get it off the ground, its weighty core stage made its way into orbit with the...
22 May 2020
Virgin Orbit to attempt first orbital launch starting Sunday
... LauncherOne, this niche in the market is now being filled with orbital vehicles such as Rocket Lab’s Electron booster, who will also be competing for contracts from NASA, the US military and other commercial companies. With...
30 May 2020
An historic day for US spaceflight as Crew Dragon launches successfully
... Falcon 9 smoothly lifted off and headed into orbit. After around 9 minutes into launch, the Falcon 9 booster landed safely on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship using engine power so that it can be re-used on a future...
13 July 2020
UAE's mission to Mars scheduled for launch tomorrow
... into the nose cone structure that protects the craft (the payload fairing) atop of a Mitsubishi H-IIA booster, will be powered by energy collected from solar panels which provide 600 Watts of power at Mars – the spacecraft...
16 October 2020
SWRI tests "Clockwork Starfish" for sampling asteroids
... performed on the New Shepard, which incidentally was the seventh consecutive test flight of this particular rocket booster and the 13th flight for Blue Origin's New Shepard programme, involved placing two Clockwork Starfish...
