April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
... they normally go on to have a long run of launch successes. That is, once the teething troubles have been solved, rockets such as the Ariane 5 show a ‘nirvana’ trend of almost no failures in their mature years. However, there is an exception to this...
30 September 2019
Elon Musk unveils SpaceX's massive new Starship
...for the company’s endeavours; an impressive looking Mk 1 test rocket that towers over 150 metres (165 feet) tall. Its ...manoeuvre that SpaceX currently uses to land its existing operational rockets. This entails the ship flying to a high altitude and...
27 November 2019
Russia launches secret space surveillance satellite
..., 2499 and 2504 in 2013, 2014 and 2015 respectively. The fourth, Cosmos-2519, was launched on a Soyuz-2-1v rocket on 23 June, 2017. The satellite is a product of the NPO Lavochkin design bureau, best known as a manufacturer of scientific satellites...
18 December 2017
Prometheus to power future European launchers
... ArianeGroup signed a contract last week to develop a full-scale demonstrator of its new ultra-low cost reusable rocket engine known as Prometheus; an engine that is set to power Europe’s future launchers. Prometheus stands for Precursor Reusable...
18 September 2018
First Moon tourist for SpaceX unveiled as Japanese billionaire
...the Moon onboard SpaceX's latest incarnation – the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) – the company's new and improved launch system... version of the now redundant space shuttles, with fins rather than rocket boosters attached to the rear. With a cost for the BFR...
19 August 2019
Roscosmos to send Humanoid AI robot to ISS this week
... trials of the Soyuz-MS spacecraft and the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket, but it will also carry an interesting payload onboard; ... launch on Thursday. It will be the first time that the rocket will be used for sending a crewed spacecraft to orbit, albeit ...
