ESA test opens way to UK spaceplane engine investment
The UK government has announced plans to invest in the development of an air-breathing rocket engine – intended for a single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane – following the…
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Water in Helmet Aborts Spacewalk
‘Houston, We Have a Leak’ A leak inside an Italian astronaut’s helmet caused NASA to cut short a spacewalk by two crew members of…
U.S. Navy Poised to Launch Lockheed Martin-Built Secure Communications Satellite for Mobile Users
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., July 16, 2013 — The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin [NYSE : LMT] are ready to launch the second…
NASA Hubble Finds New Neptune Moon
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune, the 14th known to be circling the giant planet. The…
NASA, Industry Test Additively Manufactured Rocket Engine Injector
CLEVELAND — NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne of West Palm Beach, Fla., recently finished testing a rocket engine injector made through additive manufacturing, or 3-D printing….
Science Team Outlines Goals for NASA’s 2020 Mars Rover
The rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 should look for signs of past life, collect samples for possible future return to Earth, and…
GPS System Improved as New Boeing Satellite Enters Service
GPS IIF delivers better position, navigation and timing data EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 9, 2013 – The Global Positioning System, which millions of people use…
Russian rocket carrying 3 satellites explodes after liftoff
MOSCOW, July 2 A Russian rocket carrying three Glonass-M communications satellites suffered an apparent engine malfunction and exploded shortly after blasting off in Kazakhstan, the…
NASA’s Voyager 1 Explores Final Frontier of Our ‘Solar Bubble’
Data from Voyager 1, now more than 11 billion miles from the sun, suggest the spacecraft is closer to becoming the first human-made object to…
Thales Alenia Space wins prime contract for Europe’s Euclid cosmology satellite
The European Space Agency, ESA, has chosen Thales Alenia Space to build the new Euclid cosmology satellite in a contract worth €322.5 million. Scheduled for…
Shenzhou-10 mission successful
BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) — Three astronauts who completed China’s longest manned space mission returned to Earth safely Wednesday morning, marking another step towards the…
Shenzhou-10 to return Wednesday to Earth
Shenzhou-10 to return after fly-around, rendezvous test BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhua) — Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou-10 with three astronauts onboard will return to the Earth around…
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