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DARPA Looks for Cargo for the Launch Challenge Competition
13 Jul 2018, 14:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Unscheduled rocket launches with a quick turnaround is now being targeted by DARPA through the Launch Challenge competition
DARPA Completes Rapid Engine Firing of Experimental Spaceplane
12 Jul 2018, 12:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA is advancing with the testing of the engine that is to power the future Experimental Spaceplane, test flight expected in 2021.
SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule Completes NASA Tests
12 Jul 2018, 09:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX completed Crew Dragon thermal vacuum and acoustics tests, now getting ready for the first test launch on top of a Falcon 9.
First Private Spacecraft to Reach the Moon in 2019
11 Jul 2018, 14:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceIL is getting ready to launch a spacecraft to the Moon by the end of the year, carried to space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA Plans to Bring to Earth a Piece of Mars
10 Jul 2018, 14:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Starting with the Mars 2020 mission, NASA and the ESA will begin efforts to bring to Earth samples of Martian soil collected by rovers.
Russian Progress 70 Becomes Fastest Spacecraft to Reach the Space Station
10 Jul 2018, 12:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The latest launch towards the International Space Station marked the fastest time set by an inbound vehicle thanks to carefully choosing a launch window.
NASA Spacecraft to Reach the Sun’s Corona Protected by Cutting-Edge Heat Shield
9 Jul 2018, 14:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA readies cutting-edge heat shield to protect the Parker Solar Probe as it will be approaching the Sun's corona on its mission.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Air Force Satellite Launch to Take Place in 2020
9 Jul 2018, 13:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Air Force contract for the use of Falcon Heavy marks the first contract SpaceX gets for the beefed-up Falcon Heavy rocket.
Virgin Galactic Spaceships to Take Off from Italy
9 Jul 2018, 06:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Galactic to build a spaceship that would operate from an Italian location, to be used for both research and space tourism.
Last Block 4 Falcon Rocket Launches New Cargo to ISS
29 Jun 2018, 14:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA mission CRS-15 departed on Friday for the International Space Station, marking the final flight of the Block 4 Falcon rocket.
NASA's Dawn Probe Fires Ion Engines for the Last Time
29 Jun 2018, 12:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA says it fired the thrusters on the Dawn probe for the last time, the spacecraft to continue to study Ceres in the following months.
Oumuamua Interstellar Object Accelerated and Changed Course in Our Solar System
28 Jun 2018, 08:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA, ESA and other scientists release additional information about the Oumuamua Interstellar Object, now calling it an active comet.
Martian Habitation Pod Concept to Be Shown at Goodwood
27 Jun 2018, 11:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Foster + Partners design firm to present at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed a range of models, robotics and futuristic designs for Mars.
NASA Brings Mars InSight Mission to a City Near You
27 Jun 2018, 09:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA to continue with the Mars InSight Roadshow tour in the state of California, next cities are Santa Ana, Pasadena and San Diego.
SpaceX Drops Crew Dragon Capsule from Helicopter to Test Parachute System
27 Jun 2018, 06:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX conducts the 16th test of Crew Dragon’s parachute system to test its ability to slow it down in the event of low altitude abort.
Space Nation of Asgardia Gets Its First President
26 Jun 2018, 12:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Igor Ashurbeyli, founder of the Asgardia Space Nation, has become its first leader and was crowned president in Vienna's Hofburg Palace.
The FAA Really Hates Airplane Noise, NASA Has a Fix
26 Jun 2018, 12:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA released details about the Acoustic Research Measurement (ARM) test flights from May, says airplane noise was reduced by 70 percent.
Blue Origin Space Tickets on Sale from 2019
25 Jun 2018, 08:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Blue Origin executive says sales of tickets for the company's trips to space could begin as soon as 2019, prices yet undisclosed.
ISS Deploys First Space Debris Removal Tool
22 Jun 2018, 13:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / RemoveDebris platform has been deployed from the International Space Station, first test expected to begin in later this fall
Mars Now Completely Engulfed in Planet-Wide Dust Storm
21 Jun 2018, 15:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA says the dust storm currently taking place on Mars has reached planetary size, contact with Opportunity still lost.