Virgin Galactic's next spaceship reaches build milestone
Virgin Galactic's next passenger spaceship has reached a major construction milestone, the company said Wednesday.
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Top NASA official gets look at next moon rocket
NASA's top official says the rocket expected to power the next mission to the moon is about 90 percent complete.
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Aug 15, 2019
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Virgin Orbit conducts drop-test of rocket from Boeing 747
Virgin Galactic's sister company Virgin Orbit conducted a drop test of its air-launched satellite booster over California on Wednesday, a key step toward space missions.
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Jul 10, 2019
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SpaceX launches hefty rocket with 24 satellites, experiments
SpaceX launched its heftiest rocket with 24 research satellites Tuesday, a middle-of-the-night rideshare featuring a deep space atomic clock, solar sail, a clean and green rocket fuel testbed, and even human ashes.
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Jun 25, 2019
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Japanese startup hopes to launch a sounding rocket into space
Interstellar Technologies Inc. (IST) is in final phase of preparations for its third attempt to become the first Japanese private company to launch a small sounding rocket into space. The launch is scheduled for Tuesday, ...
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Apr 29, 2019
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Largest-ever solid rocket motor poised for first hot firing
This week, the largest solid rocket motor ever built in one piece will be test fired at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana for the first time.
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Jul 9, 2018
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Shake those wings
The solar arrays that will provide electricity to the Orion spacecraft were put through launch-day paces at ESA's Test Centre in the Netherlands to verify that they can handle the rigours of the trip around the Moon.
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Apr 25, 2018
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SpaceX's big new rocket blasts off, puts sports car in space
SpaceX's big new rocket blasted off Tuesday on its first test flight, carrying a red electric sports car aiming for an endless road trip past Mars.
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Feb 7, 2018
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Rocket Lab says ground equipment marred New Zealand launch
A California aerospace company says a rocket it launched from New Zealand last May did not reach orbit because a problem with ground equipment caused a loss of telemetry that forced range safety officials to terminate the ...
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Aug 8, 2017
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New Zealand test rocket makes it to space but not to orbit
California-based company Rocket Lab said Thursday it had launched a test rocket into space from its New Zealand launch pad, although the rocket didn't reach orbit as hoped.
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