New rocket plans continue to emerge to support China’s growing space ambitions
HELSINKI — China’s state-owned and commercial rocket makers have plans for yet more new launch vehicles, despite an already competitive ...
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SpaceX launches eighth mission of the X-37B military spaceplane
WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Aug. 21 launched the U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane to low Earth ...
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Steam thruster entrusted to raise orbit of Artemis 2 cubesat
SALT LAKE CITY — A novel propulsion system will be called upon to perform a life-or-death maneuver hours after the ...
Read moreDetailsAmentum begins work at U.S. space launch ranges after protest is withdrawn
WASHINGTON — Government services contractor Amentum has officially started operations at the nation’s space launch ranges after a rival dropped ...
Read moreDetailsIndustry wary of UK Space Agency shake-up
LONDON - A day after the British government announced plans to fold the UK Space Agency into the Department for ...
Read moreDetailsHow to reconcile space mining with the Outer Space Treaty
Despite the arrival of privately funded lunar mining companies, advancements in space resource legislation (such as the Commercial Space Launch ...
Read moreDetailsULA making new efforts on Vulcan reusability
WASHINGTON — United Launch Alliance is leaning more into reusability as it advances work on recovering the engine section of ...
Read moreDetailsFAA’s informed consent rules leave space tourists flying blind
The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) current informed consent framework under 14 CFR §460.45 falls dangerously short of adequately warning space ...
Read moreDetailsDuffy comments seed doubts about future of NASA Earth science
WASHINGTON — Comments by NASA’s acting administrator have created uncertainty about the future of Earth science programs at the space ...
Read moreDetailsSmallsat missions proposed to study asteroid Apophis
SALT LAKE CITY — Two mission concepts are seeking funding to fly by and even collide with an asteroid that ...
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