Japan’s lunar craft lands on moon, but not able to generate electricity.
TOKYO, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Japan on Saturday became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon but the probe was not generating…
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Northrop Grumman’s Solid Rocket Boosters Help Power First Launch of ULA’s Vulcan Rocket
Two of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) extended length, 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM 63XL) solid rocket boosters helped power the inaugural flight of United…
Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Embarks on Seventh Mission
– Mission will expand the United States Space Force’s knowledge of the space environment by experimenting with future space domain awareness technologies – Seventh flight…
SpaceX postpones launch of US military’s secretive X-37B spaceplane
Dec 13 (Reuters) – SpaceX said it was standing down on Wednesday’s launch of the U.S. military’s X-37B robot spaceplane on its seventh mission to…
Airbus starts Galileo Second Generation satellite production
Manufacturing of six state-of-the-art GNSS satellites to augment current Galileo constellation Friedrichshafen, 1 December 2023 – Full production has begun on the six Galileo Second…
Spacelab 1: A Model for International Cooperation
Forty years ago, in 1983, the Space Shuttle Columbia flew its first international spaceflight, STS-9. The mission included—for the first time—the European Space Agency’s Spacelab pressurized…
SpaceX Starship launch failed minutes after reaching space
BOCA CHICA, Texas, Nov 18 (Reuters) – SpaceX’s uncrewed spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, was presumed to have failed…
Airbus and SATLANTIS sign a MoU to develop infrared capability for the Spanish MoD
Agreement will help foster technological leadership in Earth observation for Spain Airbus and SATLANTIS, a leading Spanish space company specialising in optical instruments, have signed…
Lockheed Martin Jets into Nuclear Electrical Spacecraft Power
Hot off the heels of the DRACO announcement in July 2023, Lockheed Martin was awarded $33.7 million from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for…
Starlab Space Station to boost European Space Agency ambitions in low-Earth orbit
MoU between ESA, Airbus and Voyager Space outlines collaboration on post-International Space Station infrastructure and missions The European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defence and Space,…
Northrop Grumman Selected to Deliver Nearly 40 More Data Transport Satellites for Space Development Agency’s Next Generation Low-Earth Orbit Constellation of Connectivity
The Space Development Agency awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation an agreement with a total potential value of approximately $732 million to design and build 38 data…
American record-breaking 371 days in space, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio safely landed on Earth
ALMATY, Sept 27 (Reuters) – U.S. astronaut Frank Rubio, who broke the record for the longest continuous space flight by an American, and two Russian…