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China's Lijian-1 rocket launches two technical experiment satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) | edited by Steve S
With the wet dress rehearsal, essentially a critical fueling test of the Artemis 2 Space Launch System moon rocket, now back on Feb. 2, NASA said in a statement that it can no longer target Feb. 6 or Feb. 7, the first two days of its launch window. The Artemis 2 launch window originally ran from Feb. 6 to Feb. 10.
The SpaceLoft-XL 18 rocket launches at Spaceport America. Photo Courtesy LANL LANL NEWS RELEASE Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists are examining data from a recent successful suborbital
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket will try to become the first vehicle ever to reach orbit from European soil today (Jan. 21), and you can watch the action live.
BENGALURU, Jan 12 (Reuters) - An Indian rocket carrying 16 loads of equipment and experiments including an earth surveillance satellite went off track after liftoff on Monday in a fresh setback to the workhorse launch vehicle of the Indian Space Research Organisation.
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Out-of-control Chinese rocket slams into South Pacific after UK red alert
An out-of-control Chinese rocket stage has plunged into the South Pacific, ending days of uncertainty that at one point saw Britain placed on a rare “red alert” for possible falling debris. The uncontrolled re-entry of the Zhuque-3 upper stage highlighted how a single wayward piece of hardware can rattle governments thousands of miles apart.
A technical problem prevented the second launch of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket. There is no new date yet.
In 2024, Virgin Galactic paused flights of its one operational space plane so that it could focus on the manufacturing of a new generation of vehicles that outwardly look identical but are designed to fly more frequently and carry six passengers instead of four. Virgin Galactic is looking to start operations of its new space planes this year.