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  Washington (AFP) April 4, 2023 Virgin Orbit, the satellite launch company founded by Richard Branson, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will sell the business, the firm said in a statement Tuesday. The California-based company said last week it was laying off 85 percent of its employees - around 675 people - to reduce expenses due to its inability to secure sufficient funding. Virgin Orbit suffered a major setback earlier this year when an attempt to launch the first rocket into space from British soil ended in failur ... read more |
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Japan postpones H2A rocket launch after H3 failureTokyo, Japan (XBA) Apr 04, 2023 Japan will postpone an H2A rocket launch originally scheduled for May until August or later, the nation's space agency said on Friday. The decision was made as the rocket shares components in ... more 
ISRO conducts the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing MissionChitradurga. India (SPX) Apr 04, 2023 ISRO successfully conducted the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX). The test was conducted at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga, Karnataka in the early hours o ... more 
Privately built, liquid-fuel rocket first in world to reach orbit in debut flightBeijing (XNA) Apr 04, 2023 The TL 2, a carrier rocket developed by Space Pioneer, reached orbit on Sunday afternoon, becoming the first privately built, liquid-fuel rocket in China to reach orbit. The rocket blasted off ... more  
NASA, Boeing aiming for July launch of Starliner space capsuleWashington (AFP) March 29, 2023 The first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner space capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) will take place in July, Boeing and NASA officials said Wednesday. ... more |
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NASA plans 2 super pressure balloon test flights from New ZealandWashington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2023 NASA's Scientific Balloon Program is scheduled to conduct two super pressure balloon (SPB) launches from Wanaka, New Zealand, to further test and qualify the technology, which can offer cost savings ... more 
Virgin Orbit to lay off 85 percent of its employeesWashington (AFP) March 31, 2023 Virgin Orbit, the satellite launch company founded by Richard Branson, said it will lay off 85 percent of its employees, according to a filing to the US stock market regulator. ... more  
China's Shenzhou XV astronauts complete 3rd spacewalkBeijing (XNA) Apr 02, 2023 The astronauts of China's Shenzhou XV crew have completed three spacewalks since their journey into space four months ago, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The third spacewal ... more  
Satellite family launched into orbit from ShanxiTaiyuan, China (XNA) Mar 31, 2023 China launched four Earth-observation satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province on Thursday afternoon. The group consists of one 320-kilogram pivot satellite and t ... more |
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The Long March 2D carrier rocket successfully launched a four-star rocketBeijing, China (SPX) Apr 02, 2023 On March 30, 2023, at 18:50, the Long March 2D carrier rocket blasted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, successfully launching four satellites of Group 01 of Hongtu 1 into the predetermi ... more 
Boeing pushes Starliner test flight to JulyWashington DC (UPI) Mar 30, 2023 Boeing said it was now targeting July 21 as the earliest window for its first manned Starliner flight to the International Space Station, delaying the liftoff by several months. ... more  
New insights into how cells respond to altered gravity experienced in spaceWashington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2023 A new study has revealed insights into how cells sense and respond to the weightlessness experienced in space. The information could be useful for keeping astronauts healthy on future space missions ... more 
NASA rocket engines re-engineered as production restartsBay St. Louis MS (SPX) Mar 29, 2023 As NASA prepares for the first crewed Artemis missions to the Moon, agency propulsion and test teams are setting their sights on future Space Launch System (SLS) flights and working to improve one o ... more |
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