FINAL UPDATE: SpaceX’s Starship 3 successfully soars
FINAL UPDATE: SpaceX launched its huge Starship rocket for the third time on Thursday from the company’s launch site in South Texas at 9:25 a.m. ET. on a key test […]
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Sierra Space Dream Chaser® Spaceplane completes 1st phase of pre-flight testing
Sierra Space has successfully completed the initial phase of environmental testing on the Dream Chaser® spaceplane, Tenacity®, at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Over the past month, […]
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Orbex secures international patent for coaxial rocket fuel tanks
Orbex has been granted an international patent across more than a dozen countries to protect the firm’s coaxial tanking technology, which nests the main rocket fuel tank within the main […]
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Gilmour Space raises million$$ for their Australian launch efforts in Australia
Australia’s space race is gathering pace with Queensland-based Gilmour Space Technologies raising a $55 million (US$36 million) Series D round ahead of the firm’s first orbital test flight this year. […]
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Latitude closes million$$ Series B
Latitude, the company that designed the French light space launcher Zephyr scheduled for maiden launch in 2025, continues its rapid growth. This $30 million fundraising round is supported by Latitude’s […]
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Impulse Space unveils the design specs for their new kick stage Helios engine
Impulse Space has unveiled design specifications for the company’s latest vehicle: Helios, a high performance kick stage. Using a medium-lift launch vehicle, Helios is designed to take payloads of over […]
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LIFTOFF as ULA’s Vulcan launches America’s new rocket
T-minus 5 minutes, 50 seconds and counting. The Centaur V upper stage is undergoing final configuring for launch as the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen replenishment from the ground systems […]
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New spacecraft engine under development by Diversified Technologies
A new spacecraft engine powered by in-situ propellants that provides enhanced in-space maneuverability and greater payload capacity, is being developed by Diversified Technologies, Inc. (DTI). The Atmosphere-Refueling Magnetic Induction Plasma […]
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Sidus Space’s AI-enhanced LizzieSat™ completes vibration testing
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has completed environmental testing of LizzieSat prior to the satellite’s upcoming launch on the SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission. Environmental testing was completed by NTS Orlando where the […]
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NASA’s 3D-printed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine test is all fired-up
NASA has achieved a new benchmark in developing an innovative propulsion system called the Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE). Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, successfully […]
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