25 March 2020
China to launch experimental deep-space spacecraft in April
... this week. The experimental spacecraft is currently being tested at the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the coast of south China's island province of Hainan and will launch without a crew onboard in mid to late April, Xinhua news agency reported...
20 January 2017
Winners and potential losers of the Obama and Trump administrations
..., such as the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), a program to send astronauts to visit an asteroid by the 2020s and the Space Launch System (SLS), the rocket Congress instructed NASA to build in 2011 will be first in line to see the Exit...
05 February 2018
Launch fever grips Florida as SpaceX prepares for game-changer mission
... Heavy will be the most powerful in the world, which means it could launch heavier and more complex cargo to space. Once operational, SpaceX could start launching big national security satellites, large orbital habitats and telescopes, or even...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
... using technology available at the time and considers its potential for the future. The space community still relies on expendable launch systems that are essentially civil missiles. Indeed, one of the most successful current launchers...
19 February 2018
Space Launch Complex 10: Vandenberg’s Cold War National Landmark
...California prompted him to learn more about what was done at Space Launch Complex 10 and who did it. This appreciation of ‘the...a list of acronyms and an index. One of three Thor launch complexes at VAFB, SLC-10 had two main applications: between 1959 ...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
... in turn is opening up new opportunities for the burgeoning commercial satellite industry. Government-led initiatives, such as NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and ESA’s Ariane 6, are also part of this wave of new launcher development and will...
