20 May 2020
Skyrora completes first UK ground rocket test in 50 years
... testing operations. “This means we performed all actions of a launch but did not release the vehicle. The rocket engine successfully burned, with all vehicle systems showing nominal operation.” Skylark-L is a bi-liquid propellent launch vehicle...
07 May 2021
Fears can ease over uncontrolled Chinese rocket reentry this weekend say trackers
...its movements. Originally injected into an elliptical orbit, the rocket stage is moving on an inclination to the equator ... did math today regarding the #LongMarch. The chance that this rocket will drop near you is REALLY small. We figured that there ...
03 February 2020
“Breakthrough” 3D-printed rocket engine tests completed in Fife
... named ‘Ecosene’; a high grade fuel made from waste plastics which aims to minimise the environmental impact of rocket launches. Skyrora have developed award-winning technology to convert waste plastics that otherwise would be disposed of in landfill...
07 May 2018
Smallest rocket by Jaxa sets a Guiness World record
... Japan quietly entered the Guiness Book of Records by successfully launching its S5-520-5 vehicle; the smallest orbital rocket to reach space measuring just 9.54 metres in height and weighing 2, 600 kilograms. The S5-520-5 is an enhanced S5-520 two...
06 May 2019
Japan's first private rocket launches successfully
...internet maverick, Interstellar Technology Inc. said the unmanned rocket reached orbit after taking off from the company's .... We’ll work to achieve stable launches and mass-produce (rockets) in quick cycles,” company founder Takafumi Horie told The ...
23 April 2021
NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 heads to the ISS in a reused rocket and capsule
... in a flawless flight which saw SpaceX launch both a reused rocket and a reused capsule for the first time. The Crew Dragon ... astronauts lifted off from US soil on a private American rocket. Its two veteran NASA astronauts, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley...
