08 February 2019
New Orbex rocket revealed
.... Orbex chief executive Chris Larmour stresses that rocketry is no longer the experimental science it once was. Advances in technology have meant that it is now a matter of applying knowledge and expertise that already exists, rather than pushing...
08 May 2019
Tests start on first design of 'wafer scale' spacecraft
...,” added Rupert. This slim, round disk, no bigger than a flattened muffin case, is being developed to use photonic technologies, I.e lasers, to propel it through space at relativistic speeds – a similar concept that has been proposed for the light...
18 March 2020
Failure of China's Long March 7A launch could impact major missions
...the manufactures of the rocket, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp., (CASC), made no statement following problems with the ...Since the Long March 7A uses many of the same technologies and shares common engines with other rockets in the ...
25 March 2020
China to launch experimental deep-space spacecraft in April
... landing process with multiple parachutes and airbags for safety. "The mission will test the key technologies of the new manned spaceship such as the control of its re-entry into the atmosphere, heat shielding and...
10 August 2021
NASA-funded commercial Moon mission to launch from New Zealand
...from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during the final quarter of 2021. CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment), which will aid NASA’s Artemis programme, is being overseen by Advanced Space LLC...
29 May 2018
Gilmour Space prepares for suborbital hybrid rocket launch
... changes to the Space Activities Act to enable commercial small satellite launches from Australia. "With Gilmour Space's technology and low-cost launch capabilities, small satellite launches could easily be a 'low-hanging fruit' for Australia...
