28 July 2017
Japan's first privately developed rocket launches tomorrow
... four minutes after launch before making a nose-dive into the sea upon its return. Interstellar technologies mission is to “change the economics of Space Launch Services, making it more economic to existing customers and accessible to entirely...
05 January 2018
Gilmour Space completes successful test of hybrid rocket engine
..., it’s notable that only a handful have progressed to actually building, testing and launching a rocket that demonstrates their technology. “Gilmour Space is doing it; and if all goes well, I believe our new engine could well be the largest...
24 August 2018
First flight for EXOS's reusable suborbital rocket due tomorrow
... launch system market doesn’t belong to a select few high-profile companies, US firm EXOS Aerospace Systems and Technologies is making the final preparation for their Pathfinder flight of their reusable Suborbital Autonomous Rocket with GuidancE...
12 November 2018
"Its Business Time" for Rocket Lab's first commercial flight
...Spire Global, Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Fleet Space Technologies and the Irvine CubeSat Stem Program. Hoping to ...hitch a ride with the Electron was a drag sail technology demonstrator, designed and built by High Performance Space Structure Systems...
06 May 2019
Japan's first private rocket launches successfully
..., making it the first commercially developed Japanese rocket to reach orbit. Established in 2013 by a former internet maverick, Interstellar Technology Inc. said the unmanned rocket reached orbit after taking off from the company's test site...
20 January 2020
ESA facility begins producing oxygen out of simulated moon dust
... oxygen plant at their Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory, housed within their European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), based in Noordwijk in the Netherlands. Their aim is to efficiently extract oxygen from moondust and make...
