12 March 2018
Satellite-servicing space drones set for launch in 2020
...relocation, orbit correction, inclination correction and deorbiting. Although only two drones will be dispatched in this first launch, Effective Space plan to extend the fleet by deploying up to six SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft per year on an annual basis...
05 March 2019
New British spaceflight company set for launch
...for customers around the world. A British launch vehicle has not, however, launched a satellite for fifty years. Black Arrow... cryogenic combination which allows for a low-cost launch system with minimal environmental impact. Using advanced engineering...
02 July 2019
Orion spacecraft's launch abort test completed successfully
... approximately three-minute test, called Ascent Abort-2, a test version of the Orion crew module launched at 7 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on a modified Peacekeeper missile procured through the...
December 2014
Gods and space
Getting a helping hand – An Orthodox priest performs a blessing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan, ahead of the Soyuz launch that carried Expedition 41 to the International Space Station in September 2014
07 April 2017
Astronauts can zip to safety with new Emergency Egress System (EES) from ULA
...this perhaps surprising but very practical method, United Launch Alliance (ULA) have teamed together with Terra... 12 of the Crew Access Tower (CAT), 52 metres above the Space Launch Complex 41 pad deck at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, crew will be...
07 February 2018
Musk sets pace in the race to Mars
...delays due to strong winds high in the atmosphere. The launch attracted thousands of sightseers, crowds not seen since NASA's ... orbit. Though it is not as tall or wide as United Launch Alliance’s Delta 4-Heavy, it has more than twice the capability...
