Boeing Withdraws from DARPA Experimental Spaceplane Program
Boeing has dropped out of an experimental suborbital spaceplane development program funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The exit of Boeing...
Firefly Aerospace Alpha Test Ends in Fire Prompting an Evacuation
Late yesterday, a small fire broke out at the Firefly Aerospace facility in Austin Texas resulting in homes and businesses within two kilometers of...
Capella Space Unveils Next-Generation Earth Observation Satellite Design
Editors note: This article was previously titled, "Capella Space Unveils Next-Generation Spy Satellite Design". Although Capella Space has won contacts to supply imaging to...
Virgin Galactic Reach Major Construction Milestone for Second SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic has revealed that it has reached a major milestone in the construction of a second SpaceShipTwo vehicle.
In a January 8 press...
SLS Core Stage Loaded onto Pegasus Barge Ahead of Green Run Test
The first SLS rocket core stage has been loaded onto NASA’s Pegasus barge at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The gigantic...
Thales Alenia Space Pursue Stratosphere Cruising Spy Blimps
Thales Alenia Space has awarded a contract to French defense procurement agency DGA to explore the use of a "Stratobus™ type platform" in reconnaissance...
Successful Parachute Test Completes Crucial Crew Dragon Milestone
SpaceX has confirmed it has completed a key milestone in the development of the Crew Dragon spacecraft performing a tenth consecutive successful test of...
JAXA Set Guinness World Record For Lowest Orbiting Satellite
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has set the Guinness World Record for the “lowest altitude by an Earth observation satellite in orbit”.
Launched aboard...
German Startup Raises $17 Million to Develop Small Launch Vehicle
German startup Isar Aerospace has raised $17 million in funding for the development of its Spectrum launch vehicle. The company hopes to launch the...
ESA Award Contract to Swiss Startup to Deorbit Vega Debris
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to Swiss startup ClearSpace to deorbit debris from a Vega rocket launched in 2013.
ClearSpace-1 is...
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Koch returned...
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