by JVanDomelen | May 23, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Manned, Space, Unmanned
SRIHARIKOTA, INDIA, May 23, 2016 — Indian Space Research Organization (IRSO) successfully flight tested India’s first winged body aerospace vehicle operating in hypersonic flight regime. In this experimental mission, the HS9 solid rocket booster carrying the...
by JVanDomelen | May 19, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Manned, Space
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, May, 19 2016 — A 154-foot-long external fuel tank built for NASA’s Space Shuttle Program is towed ashore in Marina del Rey, California. On May 21, the fuel tank, dubbed ET-94, will be towed 16.5 miles through Los Angeles to the...
by JVanDomelen | May 16, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Space
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, May 11, 2016 — A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 2:51 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 11, about 261 miles southwest of Long Beach, California, with more than 3,700 pounds of NASA cargo, science and technology...
by JVanDomelen | May 3, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Probe & Rover, Satellite, Space
The ExoMars life-scouting rover mission to Mars will stay on the ground an extra two years. Source: Europe’s Mars Life-Detection Mission Postponed
by JVanDomelen | Apr 27, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Satellite, Space
TUSCON, ARIZONA, April 26, 2016 — Vector Space Systems, a Micro Satellite space launch enterprise comprised of new-space industry veterans from SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, McDonnell Douglas and Sea Launch, today announced it has secured more than $1M in angel...
by JVanDomelen | Apr 8, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, April 8, 2016 — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a cargo capsule toward the International Space Station (ISS) and also attempt to land on a robotic “drone ship” in the Atlantic Ocean today (April 8), and you can watch all...
