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  Washington (AFP) April 15, 2023 SpaceX plans to carry out its first test flight on Monday of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon and eventually beyond. The launch is scheduled to take place at 7:00 am (1200 GMT) from the sprawling Texas base of the private space company owned by billionaire Elon Musk. Fallback times are scheduled later in the week if Monday's attempt is postponed. The US space agency NASA has picked the Starship capsule to ferry its astronauts to the Moon ... read more |
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Exolaunch deploys 21 satellites on Transporter-7 rideshare missionBerlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 14, 2023 Exolaunch has successfully deployed 21 satellites on SpaceX's Transporter-7 mission. The mission was launched using a SpaceX Falcon 9 on April 14 at 11:48pm PT from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Ca ... more 
Kenya launches first operational satellite into orbitNairobi (AFP) April 15, 2023 Kenya's first operational satellite was launched into orbit on Saturday by a SpaceX rocket that took off from California, USA, according to images from the US space company. ... more  
Russia will use International Space Station 'until 2028'Moscow (AFP) April 12, 2023 Russia said Wednesday it planned to use the International Space Station until 2028, an apparent reversal of an earlier announcement to quit the orbiting laboratory after 2024. ... more 
Elon Musk forms X.AI artificial intelligence companySan Francisco (AFP) April 15, 2023 Elon Musk has formed an X.AI artificial intelligence corporation based in the US state of Nevada, according to business documents that surfaced on Friday. ... more |
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China bans ships from area north of Taiwan Sunday due to 'falling rocket wreckage'Beijing (AFP) April 13, 2023 China will ban ships from entering an area north of Taiwan on Sunday due to "possible falling rocket wreckage", a provincial maritime authority said. ... more 
Rocket Lab launches new constellation-class star trackerLong Beach CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2023 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) reports that a new class of star tracker, the ST-16HV, is now available for commercial use, expanding the Company's Space Systems catalogue of products for the gl ... more 
NASA Boosts Open Science through Innovative TrainingWashington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2023 NASA is awarding a total of $6.5 million to U.S. institutions for education and training in open science. The promise of open science is that NASA research and data should be more collaborative, acc ... more 
China releases rocket rideshare schedule in 2023, 2024Beijing (SPX) Apr 12, 2023 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has recently announced its rocket rideshare program schedule for the years 2023 and 2024. The program will consist of nine launch opportunit ... more |
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Raytheon and SpiderOak collaborate to secure satcoms in crowded LEOBoston MA (SPX) Apr 12, 2023 Raytheon Technologies' (NYSE: RTX) BBN division and SpiderOak announced a strategic partnership to develop and field a new generation of zero-trust security systems for satellite communications in p ... more 
China's 3D printed afterburning liquid rocket engine tested during recent missionBeijing, China (SPX) Apr 12, 2023 Tianbing Technology has made a breakthrough in rocket technology with the successful first flight of the Tianlong-2 liquid carrier rocket. The rocket used the liquid oxygen kerosene engine TH-11V, w ... more
Rocket Lab moves CubeSat from Virginia to New ZealandWashington DC (UPI) Apr 11, 2023 Aerospace manufacturer Rocket Lab announced that it is moving its planned launch of NASA storm-monitoring CubeSats from Virginia to New Zealand. ... more 
Orion stretches its wings ahead of first crewed Artemis missionKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 11, 2023 Before NASA's Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission can be outfitted with its solar array wings, teams at the agency's Kennedy Space Center must first verify that the arrays extend and close p ... more |
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