03 June 2021
Nelson announces NASA’s return to Venus
... landing. “And soon - I mean, like, days - we’re starting to stack that massive core stage between its two boosters in the vehicle assembly building at KSC,” Nelson added, saying the first SLS for the uncrewed test...
28 June 2021
Loft offers unique satellite ‘rideshare’ opportunities
... designed specifically as a rideshare. In another sign of the times, it is also the eighth flight for this particular Falcon 9 booster. Originally scheduled to launch 25 June from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, SpaceX delayed the launch...
29 November 2021
Skyroot successfully test fires India's first privately developed cryogenic rocket engine
... satellite provider Dhruva Space as the company gears up to raise an additional $40 million next year to fund its booster development. The company also raised $11 million in July, and signed a memorandum of understanding with Precious Payload, a New...
14 July 2022
Europe's Vega-C rocket makes successful debut flight
... extended missions. The P120C motor will do double service, with either two or four units acting as strap-on boosters for Ariane 6. Sharing key elements like this streamlines industrial efficiency and improves cost-effectiveness of both...
29 August 2022
Lift-off draws close for NASA’s spectacular lunar return mission
... programme, though the Orion crew spacecraft did survive the transition. The five-segment solid rocket boosters on the SLS rocket (slightly larger than those used on NASA's Space Shuttle) and originally part of Constellation...
20 March 2020
SpaceX plans first crewed flight to ISS in May
... that the capsule could carry astronauts to safety in an emergency. SpaceX has pioneered the use of reusable rocket boosters, landing them 50 times after launches. Company founder Elon Musk has said often that reusability lowers...
