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 ...
17 July 2017
New company seeks to shake-up satellite launch industry
... Relativity’s CEO said that the company had begun testing its new liquid oxygen/liquid methane rocket engine at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. “We are hard at work developing a series of novel, never-seen-before technologies...
26 September 2017
First Asian company partners with Blue Origin
... into an agreement with Blue Origin to partner on a future launch of a geostationary satellite aboard the New Glenn orbital rocket. The launch is set to happen early in the next decade. “We’ve decided to go with Blue Origin because we’re impressed...
13 March 2018
mu Space confirms satellite mission aboard New Glenn
... Satellite 2018 conference that they will launch a geostationary satellite aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn orbital rocket. The launch window starts in late 2020. Commenting on the announcement, mu Space CEO James Yenbamroong says, “mu Space...
