Blue Origin to increase New Shepard...
SYDNEY - Blue Origin plans to significantly increase the launch rate of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle and is weighing the addition of new spaceports.Speaking at the Global Spaceport Alliance's ...
Galactic Energy secures $336 million,...
SYDNEY - Beijing-based Galactic Energy has raised what appears China's largest disclosed round for a launch startup as it nears orbital test flights of new rockets.The company, full name Beijing ...
ESA and Avio to study reusable upper...
SYDNEY - The European Space Agency and Avio have signed a contract to begin design work on a reusable upper stage for future Vega or other European rockets.Officials with ESA and Avio signed a ...
China sends experimental Shiyan-30...
SYDNEY - A Long March 2D rocket sent a new set of experimental satellites into orbit late Sunday, capping an intense month of Chinese launch activities.The Long March 2D lifted off at 11:00 p.m. ...
Firefly Alpha booster destroyed in...
SYDNEY - The booster that was to launch the return-to-flight mission of Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket was destroyed in testing Sept. 29, dealing another setback to the vehicle program.In a ...
China set for high-stakes moon...
SYDNEY - China is preparing a series of tests and launches in the final quarter of 2025 crucial to its crewed moon program and commercial rocket plans.The country's ambition to land astronauts on the ...
Synspective purchases 10 additional...
SYDNEY - Synspective, a Japanese company developing a constellation of radar imaging satellites, has signed a deal with Rocket Lab for an additional 10 Electron launches.The companies announced Sept. ...
Preparations on track for second New...
SYDNEY - Preparations for the second launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, carrying a NASA Mars mission, remain on track for liftoff in the next few weeks.Speaking at the International ...
NASAs newest astronauts will have to...
Lauren Edgar thought she had missed out on becoming an astronaut again.Earlier this year, friends at the Johnson Space Center gave Edgar, a planetary scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey who had ...
Gilmour Space plans return to flight...
Updated Oct. 4 to correct the oxidizer used on the vehicle.SYDNEY - Despite its first orbital launch attempt lasting only a few seconds, Gilmour Space Technologies is satisfied with the attempt and ...
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