29 November 2021
Skyroot successfully test fires India's first privately developed cryogenic rocket engine
... successfully demonstrates the technology that will power the upper stages of its upcoming Vikram-2 orbital launch vehicle, one of three launch vehicles Skyroot has designed specifically for the small satellite market. Vikram-1 can carry a payload...
04 September 2020
Rocket Lab secretly launches its first own designed and built satellite
... delays associated with having to build their own satellite hardware and procure a separate launch.” Designed for launch on Electron, as well as other launch vehicles, ‘First Light’ paves the way for future, high-energy variations of Photon designed...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
...list of technologies it deems essential for a journey to Mars which include - ground operations, a heavy-launch vehicle, crew capsule, a deep-space transit vehicle with high-efficiency in-space propulsion and power, protection from radiation, optical...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
... space programme achieved good results developing the Sonda sounding rockets, pointing the way to the Satellite Launch Vehicle (VLS) orbital rockets that followed. For example, the final project prior to the development of the VLS...
12 May 2016
Boeing CST-100 Flight Postponed Until 2018
... “really viable option” for dealing with pressure on the spacecraft and launch vehicle, and plans to test it in a wind tunnel soon. A ... hoped to be the first company to fly its commercial crew vehicle. “It is our vision that the CST-100 will be the...
13 August 2018
NASA to partner with six US companies to develop space exploration technologies
...)” CELSIUS is a system that can be installed on the surface of the cryogenic upper stage tank of a space launch vehicle to provide enhanced insulation capabilities and protection from meteoroids and debris. Astrobotic Technology, Inc., Pittsburgh...
