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A-1 Test Stand Houses First Full Engine in Nearly a Decade
May 17, 2013 (SPX)
Engineers install J-2X engine E10002 in the A-1 test stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center. The installation is in preparation for a new series of tests, where t...
Space tourism won't hurt environment: Branson
May 13, 2013 (AFP)
British billionaire Richard Branson said Monday that rocket-powered space tourism flights by his firm Virgin Galactic would have only a minor impact on climate ...
AFOSR-funded research key to revolutionary 'green' spacecraft propellant
May 08, 2013 (SPX)
In 2015, NASA, for the first time, will fly a space mission utilizing a radically different propellant-one which has reduced toxicity and is environmentally ben...
Air Force's experimental scramjet aircraft hits Mach 5.1 -- 3,880 mph
May 03, 2013 (UPI)
The final flight of the X-51A Waverider test program saw the scramjet aircraft reach Mach 5.1 over the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Air Force said Friday. The unmann...
Apollo-Era Test Stand Being Prepared for SLS Core Stage Testing
May 01, 2013 (SPX)
Before NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) flies to space on its inaugural mission in 2017, it will fly in place at the agency's Stennis Space Center in Missis...
Hot-fire Tests Steering the Future of NASA's Space Launch System Engines
May 01, 2013 (SPX)
Engineers developing NASA's next-generation rocket closed one chapter of testing with the completion of a J-2X engine test series on the A-2 test stand at the a...
SpaceShipTwo Breaks Sound Barrier In First Rocket-Powered Flight
Apr 29, 2013 (SPX)
Virgin Galactic has completed the first rocket-powered flight of its space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo (SS2). The test, conducted by teams from Scaled Composites (Sca...
Virgin Galactic tourist spaceship breaks sound barrier
Apr 29, 2013 (AFP)
Virgin Galactic's passenger spaceplane, which is designed to take tourists to the edge of space, flew its first rocket-powered test flight Monday, breaking the ...
Russia Plans to Launch First Angara Rocket in 2014
Apr 26, 2013 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian military expects the first launch of a new Angara carrier rocket to take place in 2014 after the construction of a new launch complex at the Plesets...
Orbital Sciences launches Antares rocket
Apr 21, 2013 (AFP)
US manufacturer Orbital Sciences launched its first Antares rocket Sunday, paving the way for a demonstration flight to the International Space Station within m...
Orbital Sciences delays launch of Antares rocket
Apr 20, 2013 (AFP)
Orbital Sciences, one of two private US firms chosen by NASA to shuttle cargo to the International Space Station, delayed a bid Saturday to launch a first test ...
Antares Launch Reschedule To Friday
Apr 18, 2013 (SPX)
Orbital Sciences Corporation has confirmed the next probable attempt to test launch its Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va...
The Sounds of Progress: NASA's Space Launch System Engineers Begin Acoustic Testing
Apr 18, 2013 (SPX)
Test conductors at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., are making progress on the agency's new rocket by listening closely to the roar of f...
ATK supplying hardware, composites for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
Apr 18, 2013 (UPI)
Hardware and large composite structures for Phase 1 of the U.S. Air Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program are to be supplied by ATK. Included in the...
Space Shuttle substitute makes headway
Apr 08, 2013 (UPI)
Former NASA astronaut Lee Archambault will work with aviation and aerospace manufacturer Sierra Nevada Corp. to pursue the company's goal of producing a feasibl...
NASA Commercial Crew Partner Boeing Completes Launch Vehicle Adapter Review
Apr 06, 2013 (SPX)
The Boeing Company of Houston, a NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner, has successfully completed a preliminary design review (PDR) of the component that ...
Swiss firm plans robotic mini-shuttle
Apr 01, 2013 (UPI)
A Swiss firm says it intends to construct a robotic rocket plane that will launch satellites into orbit off the back of a modified jetliner. Swiss Space Systems...
ATK Successfully Ground Tests New CASTOR 30XL Upper Stage Solid Rocket Motor
Apr 01, 2013 (SPX)
ATK has tested its newly developed CASTOR 30XL upper stage solid rocket motor at the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) in Tennessee...
NASA Turns Up the Heat on Construction of the Space Launch System
Apr 01, 2013 (SPX)
Welding engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have had an extremely busy winter assembling adapters that will connect the Orion ...
XCOR Driving Rocket Science Forward With Lynx Suborbital Vehicle
Mar 28, 2013 (SPX)
XCOR Aerospace has announced a first in aviation and space history, the firing of a full piston pump-powered rocket engine. This breakthrough is the foundation ...
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