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Space News February 10, 2015

SpaceX tries again to launch observatory, land rocket at sea

(AP) — SpaceX is taking another stab Tuesday at launching an observatory into deep space and landing the booster that carries it up. The…

Space News January 6, 2015

Rocket problem postpones SpaceX launch to space station

(AP) — SpaceX called off a supply flight to the International Space Station on Tuesday because of rocket trouble, another delay in the delivery of…

Space News November 12, 2014

Orion Spacecraft Arrives To Cape Canaveral’s Launch Pad 37

Orion Ready for Integration with Delta IV Heavy Rocket The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] built Orion spacecraft has completed its 22-mile, 6-hour journey from the…

General Aviation News, Space News November 3, 2014

Rocket plane’s tail activated prematurely in fatal crash

(Reuters) – A team investigating the fatal test-flight crash of a Virgin Galactic passenger spaceship found that its rotating tail, designed to ease reentry into…

Space News October 31, 2014

U.S. rocket explosion investigation suspects main engine failure

(Reuters) – As Orbital Sciences picks up the pieces, literally and figuratively, after its high-profile rocket launch explosion, accident investigators are looking closely at a…

Space News October 1, 2014

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…

Space News August 27, 2014

NASA Completes Key Review of World’s Most Powerful Rocket in Support of Journey to Mars

NASA officials Wednesday announced they have completed a rigorous review of the Space Launch System (SLS) — the heavy-lift, exploration class rocket under development to…

General Aviation News, Space News June 17, 2014

Lockheed venture eyes alternate rocket engine by 2019

(Reuters) – The rocket launch company run by Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp on Monday said it had signed contracts with multiple U.S. firms…

Space News May 29, 2014

Proton Rocket Failure Probe Finds No Evidence of Deliberate Misconduct

MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) – The interdepartmental state commission investigating the recent Proton-M carrier rocket launch failure has so far found no evidence supporting…

Space News May 27, 2014

Russian-Ukrainian Rocket Launches Eutelsat-3B Satellite

NYON, Switzerland, May 27, 2014 – Sea Launch SA has successfully launched the EUTELSAT 3B satellite today from at its ocean-based Launch Platform Odyssey. This…

Space News May 23, 2014

VIRGIN GALACTIC ROCKET MOTOR MILESTONE

Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline which is owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi’s aabar Investments PJS, has selected a…

Space News May 16, 2014

Russia‘s Proton-M Rocket Lost After Unspecified Failure

MOSCOW, May 16 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Proton-M carrier rocket suffered an unknown failure and was lost early on Friday, about nine minutes after being…

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