August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
... essentially civil missiles. Indeed, one of the most successful current launchers is Soyuz - the ‘modified missile’ that launched the first satellite in 1957. The situation is little better in human spaceflight, the only operational transport systems...
30 June 2016
Orbital ATK and NASA Successfully Complete Second Qualification Test
The QM-2 test was conducted in order to test the performance at the lower operational temperature limit (40 °F / 4.44 °C). The booster was kept in a cold environment for over a month in an attempt to uniformly cool the casing and propellant. All ...
20 January 2017
Winners and potential losers of the Obama and Trump administrations
... as the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), a program to send astronauts to visit an asteroid by the 2020s and the Space Launch System (SLS), the rocket Congress instructed NASA to build in 2011 will be first in line to see the Exit...
10 June 2020
New map boosts chances of finding water on the Moon
... low Earth orbit; benefits that will also aid humanity’s quest in setting up colonies on other planets. United Launch Alliance, who has already offered to buy liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen propellant in cislunar space has said...
16 July 2021
NASA's $25 billion FY2022 funding bill is approved
... includes $7.28 billion for Exploration, an increase of $723.9 million above FY 2021. The bulk of that is for the Space Launch System ($148.9 million) and the Exploration Ground Systems associated with SLS and Orion ($100 million...
20 February 2017
SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully on its way to the ISS
...reportedly spent tens of millions of dollars to make the infamous Launch Complex 39A suitable for use with its Falcon rocket, as ...into space and as the US has been without manned launch capabilities since 2011 when the Space Shuttle program ended, ...
