China Launches Test Orbiter for Lunar Mission
MOSCOW, October 24 (RIA Novosti) – China has launched an unmanned spacecraft, named Chang’e-5, on Friday, with hopes the probe will carry out the…
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Russian Space Agency to Receive Designs of Super-Heavy Carrier Rocket by Year-End
Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos will receive technical suggestions in creating the country’s super-heavy carrier rockets by the end of 2014, an agency department head…
Russia to Orbit 9 Advanced Military Communications Satellites by 2020
The Russian military will add nine advanced communications satellites to its orbital grouping by 2020, a senior military commander said Monday. “By 2020, the orbital…
U.S. Air Force lands robotic X-37B space plane in California
(Reuters) – The U.S. military landed its X-37B robotic space plane at Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California on Friday, ending a classified 22-month…
Argentina Successfully Launches Its First Telecom Satellite
Argentina has successfully launched its first domestically designed and developed geostationary communications satellite Thursday, USA Today reported. “ARSAT-1 is on its way to space. What…
Scaled Composites Marks 10th Anniversary of Milestone Spaceflight
MOJAVE, Calif. – Oct. 3, 2014 – A decade after winning the Ansari XPRIZE with one of the most innovative vehicles ever flown, the employees…
NASA’s Orion Spacecraft, Rocket Move Closer to First Flight
NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and the Delta IV Heavy rocket that will carry it into space are at their penultimate stops in Florida on…
Orion Spacecraft Transfers To Launch Abort System Facility
Orion in Final Integration Steps Before Exploration Flight Test-1 DENVER, Sept 29, 2014 – NASA and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] have finished fueling the Orion…
Chinese Company to Create High-Altitude Space Balloon
MOSCOW, September 29 (RIA Novosti) – A private company in Beijing is planning to build a high-altitude balloon to take people 40 kilometers (25 miles)…
China Successfully Orbits Experimental Satellite
China has launched a new experimental satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gobi desert on Sunday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The…
Russia Launches First Female Astronaut to ISS In 17 Years
BAIKONUR (KAZAKHSTAN), September 26 (RIA Novosti) — Russia’s manned Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft has successfully docked with the International Space Station after reports said it had…
ESA spaceplane on its way
The Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is ready to fly and left the Netherlands today for the launch site in French Guiana. In preparation for its arrival,…
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