Simple, fuel-efficient rocket engine could enable cheaper, lighter spacecraft
It takes a lot of fuel to launch something into space. Sending NASA's Space Shuttle into orbit required more than ...
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Summary of 2014 Civil and Commercial Launches
The new year promises a great deal of space launch activity by many of the world's spacefaring nations. The year ...
China Successfully Launches Shenzhou-10 Spacecraft
China successfully launched its fifth manned spacecraft on Tuesday afternoon, announced Zhang Youxia, chief commander of China's manned space program. ...
Navy Set to Launch Experimental TacSat-4 Spacecraft
The Naval Research Laboratory announced Aug. 30 that its Tactical Satellite IV (TacSat-4) is scheduled to launch from the Alaska ...
Lockheed Delivers First SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite
The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin team has delivered the first geosynchronous (GEO-1) Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) spacecraft ...
Air Force launches second unmanned spacecraft
In the latest step to improve space capability and further develop an affordable, reusable space vehicle, Air Force technicians launched ...
Lockheed Martin Ships Out First Orion Spacecraft
The Lockheed Martin Orion team shipped out the first Orion crew module spacecraft structure from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in ...
Russian answer to US reusable robotic spacecraft in the offing
Russian researchers are working on an unmanned spacecraft similar to the U.S. Boeing X-37 Orbital Test Vehicle, Space Troops chief ...
Modernized GPS IIR Spacecraft Launched Successfully for USAF
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION: A modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed ...
Aerojet Propulsion Critical to Launch of Wideband Global SATCOM Spacecraft
SACRAMENTO, Ca: Aerojet, a GenCorp company, announced its key role in the successful launch of United Launch Alliance's Atlas V ...
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