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2:46pm, 1st May, 2019

Watch Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture launch suborbital science extravaganza

Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster lands itself at the end of a test flight in July 2018. (Blue Origin Photo) Blue Origin, the private space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, says it’s sending up its on its next test flight as early as Thursda...

1:42pm, 1st May, 2019

Space

Watch Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture launch a science extravaganza

Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster lands itself at the end of a test flight in July 2018. (Blue Origin Photo) Blue Origin, the private space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, says it’s sending up its New Shepard suborbital spaceship on its nex...

The three finalists in the DARPA Launch Challenge include a mystery competitor

6:18pm, 10th April, 2019

Space

The three finalists in the DARPA Launch Challenge include a mystery competitor

An artist’s conception shows multiple rockets lifting off from an oceanside launch complex. (DARPA Illustration) Three teams have qualified to go into the rocket-launching phase of the DARPA Launch Challenge: , subsidiary … and a team to be named lat...

2:34pm, 1st March, 2019

Space

Watch the launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship with a robo-rider named Ripley

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 stands on Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with the Crew Dragon spaceship on top. (SpaceX Photo) After years of on-the-ground development and testing, the SpaceX spaceship that’s destined to carry NASA astronauts is...

11:53pm, 22nd February, 2019

Space

Firefly Aerospace gets a Florida launch site

An architectural rendering shows Firefly Aerospace’s future rocket production facility at Exploration Park on Florida’s Space Coast. (Firefly Aerospace Illustration) , a Texas-based launch venture that was lifted out of bankruptcy, says it’s struck a...

1:15am, 13th February, 2019

Space

DARPA is zeroing in on Launch Challenge

An artist’s conceptions shows multiple rockets lifting off from an oceanside launch complex. (DARPA Illustration) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Federal Aviation Administration are winnowing down 1...

1:47pm, 17th November, 2018

Space

Spaceflight, BlackSky and SpaceX gear up for a new chapter in satellite launch saga

Spaceflight mission managers rehearse CubeSat integration into one of the flight dispensers that will be used during the SmallSat Express mission. (Spaceflight Photo) There’s a grand convergence coming Monday for the two subsidiaries of Seattle-based...

9:01am, 16th November, 2018

Space

Spaceflight Industries goes through financial restructuring as key launch nears

Spaceflight’s team gathers in front of SpaceX’s facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California during preparations for a dedicated-rideshare launch. (SpaceflightInc via Twitter) Seattle-based laid out the status of a debt restructuring plan th...

Virgin Orbit puts flying launch pad through speedy taxi test with a rocket in its pocket

10:25pm, 13th November, 2018

Space

Virgin Orbit puts flying launch pad through speedy taxi test with a rocket in its pocket

Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl carrier airplane taxis down a runway at Victorville Airport in California with a LauncherOne rocket slung under one of its wings. (Virgin Orbit via Twitter) British billionaire Richard Branson’s notched another milestone ov...

Russians trace Soyuz rocket failure to a bent sensor; next crew to launch Dec. 3

1:02am, 2nd November, 2018

Space

Russians trace Soyuz rocket failure to a bent sensor; next crew to launch Dec. 3

Russian investigators say last month’s launch of a Soyuz rocket carrying two spacefliers to the International Space Station went awry because . When the damaged sensor malfunctioned, the booster didn’t separate cleanly from the Soyuz’s core, throwing...

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Watch Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture launch suborbital science extravaganza

Watch Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture launch a science extravaganza

The three finalists in the DARPA Launch Challenge include a mystery competitor

Watch the launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship with a robo-rider named Ripley

Firefly Aerospace gets a Florida launch site

DARPA is zeroing in on Launch Challenge

Spaceflight, BlackSky and SpaceX gear up for a new chapter in satellite launch saga

Spaceflight Industries goes through financial restructuring as key launch nears

Virgin Orbit puts flying launch pad through speedy taxi test with a rocket in its pocket

Russians trace Soyuz rocket failure to a bent sensor; next crew to launch Dec. 3

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