02 September 2021
Long awaited SLS launch looks likely to slip to mid-2022
...the testing of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket seem to further erode the likelihood of the agency’s launching its Artemis 1 mission... December. However, Ars Technica’s sources indicated the launch likely won’t happen until mid-2022. NASA will...
03 September 2021
Anomaly causes rocket to explode on maiden flight
... Alpha rocket an “anomaly” this week when the rocket exploded shortly after its launch from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California (September). According to an official statement from Firefly, “Alpha experienced an anomaly...
14 January 2022
Eco fuel to power Orbex rocket
..., said: "Environmental sustainability is built into the heart of Prime and we are proud to be the first commercial orbital space launch company to use a renewable, carbon-friendly fuel. “The partnership with Calor - one of the UK's most well-known...
18 March 2022
Rocket roll time for NASA’s new Moonshot
... and anticipation at NASA’s KSC press site in Florida this week as the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with Orion spacecraft atop arrived at Launch Pad 39B in preparation for a final test before its Artemis I Moon mission...
05 November 2019
Boeing’s Starliner completes pad abort test for commercial crew
...’s next mission, called Orbital Flight Test, will launch an uncrewed Starliner spacecraft to the station on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41. Launch is targeted for Dec. 17.
11 November 2020
Senate deals major blow to Bridenstine’s Moon ambitions
...elect Joe Biden. Four astronauts are headed up to the International Space Station (ISS) this weekend in the first newly certified crew ...President Mike Pence. Their plan would have launched the first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket this year, sending ...
