October 2023
Space architecture on Earth
...a functional point of view, the key elements required by any launch site are a launch pad, the core; a hangar in which to install a ... used hydrazine fuels, not only dangerous to handle at launch, but poisonous to the downrange land and vegetation on ...
05 March 2019
New British spaceflight company set for launch
...for customers around the world. A British launch vehicle has not, however, launched a satellite for fifty years. Black Arrow... cryogenic combination which allows for a low-cost launch system with minimal environmental impact. Using advanced engineering...
December 2014
Gods and space
Getting a helping hand – An Orthodox priest performs a blessing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan, ahead of the Soyuz launch that carried Expedition 41 to the International Space Station in September 2014
19 March 2021
NASA conducts successful test of its massive SLS Moon rocket
... more than eight minutes, just like it will during every Artemis launch to the Moon. The longer duration hot fire tested a variety ...designed to help fly, track, and steer the rocket during launch and flight. Prior tests in the Green Run test series ...
March 2018
Enabling private sector success in space - SGAC perspective
...in funds that supported the creation of approximately 2,175 American jobs, and $474.46 million in GDP. Contracts for launch and cargo services, as well as vehicle development, are also a significant investment in the private sector. The US Government...
September 2024
Hypersonics and the route to orbit
... a runway and return to that same runway, having delivered a payload to orbit, is the ultimate space launch technology. Perhaps that is why serious engineering concepts have been published on the subject since the early ...
