September 2024
Hypersonics and the route to orbit
... a runway and return to that same runway, having delivered a payload to orbit, is the ultimate space launch technology. Perhaps that is why serious engineering concepts have been published on the subject since the early ...
30 January 2017
Orion engineers test for vibrations and SLS completes a major review
... start developing components and materials for the EUS, and build up tooling," he added. NASA is currently on track to launch an uncrewed Exploration Mission (EM) in 2018, however the detailed SLS assessment is a big step forward in being ready for...
26 September 2017
Rocket Lab to fly Planet and Spire satellites on second test flight
...among the first payloads to fly on a Rocket Lab Electron. The Electron will be a game changer in a traditionally difficult launch market. We are excited to quite literally be riding the leading edge with Rocket Lab.” Planet is an integrated aerospace...
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...
12 November 2018
"Its Business Time" for Rocket Lab's first commercial flight
..., will test the ability to passively deorbit inactive, small satellites using atmospheric drag. The Electron orbital launch vehicle had its inaugural test flight in May 2017, followed by an equally successful demonstration mission entitled “Still...
11 March 2020
NASA faces up to huge cost overruns for its SLS heavy-lift rocket
...have judged to be a violation. Officials have disregarded NASA’s usual way of calculating schedule margins, making the predicted launch dates for SLS unreliable. Meanwhile, refurbishing engines from the Space Shuttle programme turned out to be harder...
