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Launch Pass NFT lets you apply for a spot on a suborbital rocket
Launch Pass NFT: Just when you thought NFTs were dead, comes an NFT Collection that gives you a pretty realistic chance to head into space. Which is good work if you can get it.
An outfit called Aerospace Uplift just announced that…
SpaceX sued over Boca Chica beach closures for rocket tests
The Sierra Club and an organization of indigenous peoples in South Texas have sued the Texas General Land Office, alleging that repeated closures of Boca Chica Beach for SpaceX operations violate the state constitution.The California…
Magazine article draws attention to UP | News, Sports, Jobs
The New Yorker, one of the most prestigious publications in the United States, recently turned its attention to the controversial proposed vertical launch facility which…
New Zealand rocket caught then dropped by helicopter
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Using a helicopter to catch a falling rocket is such a complex task that Peter Beck likens it to a "supersonic ballet."
Rocket Lab, the company founded by Beck, partially achieved the feat on Tuesday…
Amazon takes on SpaceX in satellite internet with Project Kuiper
Amazon has a plan to deliver internet from space using 3,236 small satellites in low Earth orbit. It's called Project Kuiper.In April, the company signed a multi-billion dollar contract - the largest rocket contract in the history of the…
The James Webb Space Telescope is fully aligned and ready to observe the universe
Recognized as the world's first space observatory, Webb has successfully completed a number of milestones over the past few months that have been crucial to aligning its 18 gold mirror segments. The mirror is so large that it had to be…
Rocket Lab catches dummy booster with helicopter in dramatic new video
Rocket Lab will attempt to rip a falling rocket booster out of the sky with a helicopter for the first time this week, and a new video shows how it's all supposed to fall.The California-based company released a short video on Monday (April…
Launcher’s 3D printed E-2 liquid rocket engine reaches full thrust
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The launch vehicle's 3D-printed E-2 liquid rocket engine successfully demonstrated rated thrust, pressure, and oxidizer/fuel…
Ukraine regains control of eight settlements in Kherson region
Ukrainian armed forces have regained control of eight settlements in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine.
It is according to the operational command Southreports Ukrinform.
It is noted that in the Kherson region, on…
Detroit Refugee Network launched to help Afghan and Ukrainian migrants
Detroit — Samaritas, a Detroit-based social service organization that runs one of the state's largest refugee resettlement programs, said Wednesday the agency and its community partners are launching the Detroit Refugee Network to help…
The Winners and Losers of Amazon’s Massive Rocket Launch Deal
Amazon has made the largest commercial rocket launch purchase ever for its mega satellite constellation.
Analysts say the deal is overall good for the launch…
NASA’s Artemis moon rocket put through its paces before launch
Engineers bring the 322-foot-tall (98-meter-tall) Artemis I rocket stack, including NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, to its final steps on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They encountered a hydrogen leak…
Rocket launch at NASA’s Wallops facility advances hypersonic research
The BOLT II science team is led by Texas A&M University with key collaborators from NASA, CUBRC, University of Minnesota, United States Air Force Academy, University of Maryland, University of Arizona and Johns Hopkins University…
Capacity crunch could abort US satellite boom as sanctions threaten Russian launches
April 11 (Reuters) - Houston, we have a problem!US rocket companies face the daunting task of ferrying hundreds of satellites into space in the coming years as sanctions sideline Russia's space launch industry.SpaceX, Astra Space (ASTR.O)…
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and Larsen & Toubro win chance to manufacture ISRO’s five PSLV…
Representative image.(ISRO)The Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) consortium was found to be the cheapest bidder to manufacture five Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) XL rocket variants out of the three that…
Brunswick Rocket Company fundraiser takes off
BluShift Aerospacea Brunswick-based startup, announced that it surpassed the $1.07 million goal for its Wefunder campaign launched in March 2021.
The crowdfunding campaign ended at midnight on April 4, adding another $100,000 in investment…
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule for Ax-1 astronaut launch (photos)
The hardware that will launch the first-ever fully private astronaut mission to the International Space Station has made its way to the pad.On Tuesday (April 5), SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule that will fly the…
Huge mile-scale space station with ‘simulated gravity’ could be launched from a single…
Graphic representation of space structures at the kilometer scale from a single launch. 1 credit
Artificial gravity remains the stuff of science fiction. But coping with the absence of gravity causes significant problems for many…
Chechen fighters armed with machine guns and rocket launchers stalk Mariupol
Chechen fighters armed to the teeth with machine guns and rocket launchers are now stalking Mariupol as they attempt to take the besieged cityDreaded troops were used as a PR tool in Vladimir Putin's warPhotos of them in the…
Rocket Lab and SpaceX Launch Missions Friday: Watch Them Live
Both Rocket Lab and SpaceX plan to launch missions on Friday (April 1), and you can watch the space double-header live.A rocket lab The Electron vehicle is due to send two Earth observation satellites for US company BlackSky on Friday at…
LunaFi will launch the first gamified IoT by CoinQuora
Bet on a rocket crash: LunaFi will launch the first gamified IDO
LunaFi has released an Initial DEX Offering (IDO) which includes a gamification mechanism.
The newly launched game is called "LunaFi Crash".
George Porchester, CEO of…
A tiny former police station is now home to Scotland’s space missions and rocket launches
A former REMOTE cop shop is now Scottish Space Missions HQ, we can reveal.
It is hoped that the modest semi will be the nerve center of future rocket launches.
1A former cop shop is the new nerve center of Scotland's space mission plans…
Announcing Rocket League-like golf game Turbo Golf Racing is coming to Game Pass at launch
Turbo Golf Racing, an arcade-style multiplayer game that combines racing and golf, has been announced.The game sees players hitting large golf balls around the courses in order to drive them into the hole using vehicles.Developed by…
X-ray inspection system for rocket engines
An X-ray inspection system for rocket engines is set for further development following the award of a contract by the European Space Agency to Orbex and FORCE Technology.
Orbex Stage 2 rocket, called Prime (Photo courtesy of Orbex)Orbex…
Could the UK win the new space race by the end of this year? | Scientific and technical news
No orbital space mission has ever been launched from the lands of modern Europe, but a rise in private sector rocket companies means that should change very soon.The benefits for the winner could be enormous. At a time when…
3 Russian cosmonauts arrive at the International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) — A trio of Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, the first new faces in space since Russia's war in Ukraine began.Russian space company Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev and…
Pete Davidson and five paying customers will fly on Jeff Bezos’ suborbital rocket
The company announced Monday morning that Davidson, the Saturday Night Live star who became a mainstay of entertainment intrigue amid his relationship with Kim Kardashian, will fly alongside five paying customers on the 60ft New Shepard…
Want to go into space? NASA’s Artemis I mission delivers the next best thing
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Kim seeks to extend launch pad amid concerns over ICBM firing
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his officials to expand a satellite launch facility to fire a variety of rocketsBy Associated Press HYUNG-JIN KIMMarch 11, 2022, 04:57• 4 minute readShare on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this…
SpaceX will launch 48 Starlink satellites, an Earth rocket today and you can watch it live
SpaceX will launch four dozen Starlink internet satellites and land the return rocket Wednesday, March 9, and you can watch the action live.One step in two steps Falcon 9 The rocket topped with 48 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift…
NASA is preparing for the deployment of the Artemis 1 mission next week
Teams begin retracting the "kitchen drawer" platforms surrounding the first rocket that will launch a NASA Artemis mission to the moon.Retracting the platforms surrounding the massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at NASA's Kennedy…
European rocket launch company grapples with fallout from war in Ukraine
French satellite launch company Arianespace said on Friday it was exploring its options after the Russian space agency withdrew cooperation on some projects, disrupting some rocket operations.
Arianespace has cooperated with Russian…
Kharkiv: Russia sends a message to all of Ukraine by striking these civilian areas in this city
These are some of the attacks residents of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, have endured in recent days as Russian forces targeted residential areas, affecting civil infrastructure such as schools, shops, hospitals, apartment…
OneWeb satellites: Russia and UK face stalemate over rocket launch
Satellites made by OneWeb, a company partly owned by the British government, are due to launch on a Russian Soyuz rocket on March 4, but…
Roscosmos will launch funding in 2022 to create a fully reusable carrier rocket – Science…
MOSCOW, February 25. /TASS/. Russia's State Space Corporation Roscosmos will launch funding in stages this year to create the country's fully reusable carrier rocket, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said Friday.
"We are considering the…
Ukrainian ministry: Russian rocket launcher pointed at nuclear power plant
Smoke rises from an air defense base following an apparent Russian strike in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russian troops launched their planned attack on Ukraine. Large explosions were!-->…
CNN sees more military rockets that appear to be fired from Russian territory into Ukraine
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives to make a statement following a meeting of the German government's security cabinet February 24 in Berlin, Germany. (Clemens Bilan/Getty Images)International condemnation of Russia's invasion of…
Rocket Lab officially opens its third launch pad, with the first mission expected to launch within a…
MAHIA PENINSULA, New Zealand--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 23, 2022--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB )…
Northrop Grumman Cargo Resupply Mission 17
February 21, 2022: Configuration of the International Space Station. Five spacecraft are stationed at the space station, including the SpaceX Crew Dragon; Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter; and the Russian Soyuz MS-19 and the…
SpaceX postpones weekend Falcon 9 rocket launch at Kennedy Space Center to Monday – WFTV
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — A rocket launch scheduled for this weekend has been moved to Monday, according to SpaceX.READ: The billionaire who flew SpaceX last year returning to orbitSpaceX announced Saturday afternoon that a Falcon 9…
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches five 3D-printed AlbaPod deployers »
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Five AlbaPod v2, the PocketQube deployers of Alba Orbital and additively manufactured by CRP technology were launched into…
As SpaceX awaits Texas launch approval, company sells 3 more flights to billionaire CEO – CBS…
BOCA CHICA, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/CNN) - Billionaire CEO Jared Isaacman is buying three more flights with SpaceX, the first of which is slated for this year and could put Isaacman and SpaceX on track to travel deeper into space than any human…
Progress continues on NASA’s massive SLS rocket ahead of Artemis I launch
This artist's rendering shows an aerial view of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket liftoff. Credit: NASA/MSFC
Work continues inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the…
Launch Facilities Agreement Signed by Rocket Factory Augsburg AG + South Australia Launch – SatNews
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) has joined forces with South launch, a South Australian rocket launch facility provider. This partnership allows the German launcher RFA ONE to be launched from Southern Launch's Whalers Way…
Cleveland Cavaliers and Fubo Gaming reach agreement for Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse sports betting
Fubo Sportsbook now has market access agreements in seven US states
Betting platform launched in Arizona and Iowa in November
Fubo Gaming first teamed up…
Gilmour Space and SENER Aeroespacial will collaborate for the Eris rocket
Gilmour Space Technologies and SENER Aeroespacial, a SENER engineering and technology group company, are working together on an Autonomous Flight Termination System (AFTS) for the Eris launch vehicle, which is being developed for the…
Idaho students prepare to launch a project in space | Southern Idaho Education
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REXBURG — A dozen eighth-grade students from a baker at Madison Junior High School sat anxiously Wednesday morning as they stared at…
Science News Roundup: Antarctica’s Fuel-Eating Microbes May Help Clean Up Plastic; The…
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Damn it ! French brewers use algae to make blue beer
A French brewer has started using seaweed with a natural pigment to make its beer blue. The beer, with the brand name "Line", is the…
Having fun: Greenfield man experiences rocket launch for podcast – The Daily Reporter
Chuck Fields took this photo of a January 13 rocket launch in Florida.
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Editor's note: The Daily Reporter will feature our "neighbours" every month, whether it's someone with an interesting hobby or profession, or a…
Britain’s moon-walking space spider will lead historic lunar mission
A tiny space spider will carry Britain's hopes of completing its first rover mission to the Moon this year.The private company Spacebit has built a 1.5 kilogram rover called Asagumo, a four-legged robot that will be able to "walk" on the…
Explainer: What was in the sky tonight? Space X Falcon 9 takes off from Cape Canaveral
Exhaust trail from the rocket launch could be seen across the United States for a short time.
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James Webb Space Telescope: A team astronomer explains how to send a giant telescope into space…
The James Webb Space Telescope was specially designed to detect the oldest galaxies in the universe. NASA/JPL-Caltech, CC BY-SA/The Conversation
The James Webb Space Telescope launched into space on December 25, 2021, and with it…
China presents ambitious space plans for the next 5 years
China's next five years in space could be even busier than the previous five.On Friday, Jan. 28, the nation released a white paper outlining its plans and priorities for the next half-decade of spaceflight and exploration. China has…
Russian freighter lands at Auckland airport carrying satellite sent to Rocket Lab
Hayden Potter/SuppliedAn Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane lands at Auckland International Airport on Thursday.A huge Soviet-era freighter landed in Auckland on Thursday night carrying a satellite to be launched into orbit by New Zealand space…
How the holy grail of spaceflight could soon become reality
Long-time spaceflight the dream could soon come back in full force.This month, Washington-based Radian Aerospace announced it was building a single-stage orbiting spaceplane that takes off and lands horizontally. The revelation sparked…
Dignitas Releases Rocket League Vehicle Decals Alongside Digital Bank, QNTMPAY, For First-Ever…
LOS ANGELES, January 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dignitas, the esports vertical of New Meta Entertainment, Inc. (NME), today announced the launch of its official 2022 "Away Kit" vehicle decals in the popular video game Rocket League, in the…
The launch of a nanosatellite is a big step forward for African space science
South African space science had a big day on January 13, 2022. The Cape Peninsula University of Technology, based in Cape Town, spear its third satellite mission to space from the Cape Canaveral rocket launch site in Florida in the…
On the Scottish Haunting Coast, a village dreams of space
A' MHOINE, Scotland - Dorothy Pritchard and her neighbors hadn't always planned to host a spaceport.The retired schoolteacher lives along the coast of the A' Mhoine Peninsula, an area of wind-eroded bog known as Flow Country, at the tip…
AptarGroup: Aptar Food + Beverage announces the launch of its Rocket Sports cap with ACTIPH Water
Rocket is redefining beverage packaging security standards by offering the market a unique, highly visible, non-detachable tamper evident system. The sports cap complies with upcoming sustainability regulations including…
Rocket Lab Completes Acquisition of Space Solar Power Products SolAero Holdings, Inc.
LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced the closing of the previously announced transaction to…
SpaceX’s Starship mega-rocket could make or break the space industry, experts say
Monday, January 17, 2022 12:09 PM
SpaceX conducts a test launch of its prototype SN15 spacecraft from the company's spacecraft facility in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S., May 5, 2021. (REUTERS/Gene…
NASA satellites launch aboard Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket
Cosmic Girl launches LauncherOne into the air for the first time during a drop test in July 2019. Credit: Virgin Orbit/Greg Robinson
Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket detached from the company's CosmicGirl aircraft around 5:53 p.m. EST…
Virgin Orbit plans to launch a rocket carrying 7 satellites on Thursday
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Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket, like the one shown here during a 2019 test over the Pacific Ocean, is set to launch again on Thursday. Photo courtesy of Greg Robinson/Virgin Orbit
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Intuidex Partners with Quub to Launch Next-Generation Pico Satellite on SpaceX Rocket | State
BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania., January 11, 2022 / PRNewswire / - Intuidex Inc, a leading defense technology and…
Preswick Scottish spaceport continues to push forward with Smallsat launch plans – SatNews
the South Ayrshire Council in Preswick, Scotland, began the process of submitting a formal planning application for the Prestwick Spaceport development.
Aerial view of Prestwick Aerospace.
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This NASA sounding rocket launch could be seen on the US east coast tonight
Update: NASA is now targeting a Saturday night launch from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia tonight, Jan. 8, 11:00 p.m. EST (04:00 GMT), weather permitting. A live webcast will begin at 10:40 PM EST (0340 GMT) and will appear here…
Rocket Report: SpaceX Raises More Money, Buy Your Own New Glenn
Enlarge / Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on board rises from the launch pad of the European Spaceport, the Guyana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana,…
US-led coalition strikes rocket launch sites in Syria
BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun, Prime Minister Najib Mikati and several politicians have condemned the threats made by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah against Saudi Arabia.
Nasrallah crossed the red line that Lebanon…
SpaceX’s first launch in 2022 will deploy more Starlink Internet satellites –…
File photo of a stack of Starlink satellites before a previous mission. Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX plans to kick off its 2022 launch program with a Falcon 9 rocket flight on Thursday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center with the company's next…
My first rocket launch in Florida from Disney World | SpaceX launch and Disney Christmas shoot at…
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Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX, which recently launched civilians into space, raises more…
Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX has raised $ 337.4 million in equity financing, the rocket company revealed in a regulatory filing on Wednesday
Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX has raised $ 337.4 million in equity financing, the rocket…
A business “scholar” with limited empathy, according to his brother Kimbal
Elon Musk runs two of the world's most innovative and valuable tech companies, but you might not want to be his assistant.The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, 50, is a business "scholar", but his "gift is not empathy with people," said his brother…
Russia to launch communications satellite aboard Soyuz-2.1b rocket
Russia is expected to launch Soyuz-2.1b rocket from Vostok launch complex today, carrying UK OneWeb communications satellitesPhoto: Roscosmos
Russia is expected to launch the Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Vostok launch complex today, carrying…
More private rocket companies set to light up Space Coast with 2022 launches – Rochester…
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - As SpaceX and the United Launch Alliance have sent rockets at an accelerated rate over the past few years, the Space Coast is set to get a lot busier with more commercial rocket companies ready to join the…
Satellite launch company in final phase of review of potential site locations, including Ugadaga Bay
A tech startup that visited Unalaska in 2020 as a potential satellite launch site says it is finalizing its choice of location. And while communication between the company and the city began to…
Winner of $ 28 million Blue Origin auction revealed to go to space in 2022
We now know who offered $ 28 million to board the first Blue Origin flight, and when they'll actually go to space.Blue Origin unveiled on Wednesday that HE Justin Sun, a blockchain company founder from China and Grenada, placed the winning…
SpaceX successfully launches UAE-Bahrain satellite
A SpaceX rocket lifted off on Tuesday carrying a miniature United Arab Emirates-Bahrain satellite to the International Space Station.The CRS-24 took off at 2:07 p.m. UAE time from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.The Dragon spacecraft…
Weather forecast shows conditions 30% favorable for SpaceX rocket launch on Tuesday at Kennedy Space…
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SpaceX will launch its 2nd Falcon 9 rocket tonight in less than 16 hours. Watch it live.
CAP CANAVERAL, Fla .-- SpaceX will launch its second rocket in less than 24 hours on Saturday (December 18) and you can watch the action live online. The private spaceflight company will launch the Turksat 5B communications satellite for…