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An Alliant Techsystems suborbital rocket carrying two NASA hypersonic experiments was destroyed shortly after liftoff from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Friday, August 22nd. No injuries or property damage were immediately reported. The exact launch time was 5:10 a.m. EDT. The anomaly that caused the failure occurred approximately 27 seconds into flight and is not known.
Read MoreSpaceDev, Inc. (OTCBB: SPDV) has signed a multi-year contract with Scaled Composites to assist that firm in the development of a production rocket motor for the first commercial space vehicle designed for space tourism called SpaceShipTwo. The vehicle is being designed by Scaled for Virgin Galactic and is part of a complete space system that also includes the recently unveiled WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft.
Read MoreSpace Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) launched their Falcon 1 Flight 3 mission on Saturday, August 2nd. Unfortunately, the rocket failed after several minutes into the flight, the third such failure by SpaceX to launch this rocket. The anomaly that caused the failure has not yet been identified.
Read MoreSpace Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) launched their Falcon 1 Flight 3 mission on Saturday, August 2nd. Unfortunately, the rocket failed after several minutes into the flight, the third such failure by SpaceX to launch this rocket. The anomaly that caused the failure has not yet been identified.
Read MoreNASA and industry engineers have successfully completed the first drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket.
Read MoreImagine trying to hold down the explosive forces generated by a rocket.
Read MoreAlliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) played a key role in the successful launch on June 20th of the United Launch Alliance's Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Read MoreSpace Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted the first five-engine firing of its Falcon 9 medium to heavy lift rocket at its Texas test facility.
Read MoreA launcher software test being conducted during the final, pre-launch checks for the upcoming Ariane 5 ECA launch was considered to be not normal with its results.
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