ESA Spacecraft Dodges Large Constellation 3 September 2019 | 10:07 pm For the first time, ESA has performed a 'collision avoidance manoeuvre' to protect one of its spacecraft from colliding with a satellite in a large constellation....

i-Space Launches SQX-1 Rocket 8 August 2019 | 11:11 pm When talking about private space programs, most people will think of the visionary American entrepreneur Elon Musk and his Space X. He founded the company aiming to send humans to Mars. Recently, a Chinese private aerospace company, i-Space, successfully launched...

Lockheed Martin Completes Orion Spacecraft For Artemis 1 21 July 2019 | 7:46 pm The goal of humans again walking on the Moon is one giant leap closer. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed building the capsule for NASA's Orion spacecraft....

NASA Releases Study On Commercial Space Economy 29 May 2019 | 12:18 am New insights from companies in the growing space economy are helping NASA chart a course for the future of commercial human spaceflight in low-Earth orbit....

NASA and Virgin Orbit 3D Print, Test Rocket Combustion Chamber 24 May 2019 | 9:41 pm At the heart of future rocket engines lifting off to the Moon or Mars could be a 3D printed combustion chamber. Multiple NASA centers partnered with Virgin Orbit to develop and test a uniquely manufactured rocket part....

Orion Forward Bay Cover Jettison Test at Lockheed Martin 24 May 2019 | 9:35 pm Lockheed Martin recently tested a critical event on NASA's Orion spaceship - the jettison of the forward bay cover on the program's structural test article....

Blue Origin Reveals Its Lunar Lander 9 May 2019 | 11:02 pm Note: Blue Origin held an event in Washington DC today SpaceRef Interactive and numbe rof othe rnews organizations were denied attendance. The company also decided not to livestream the event. It is difficult to understand why Blue Origin acts this...

Rocket Lab Launches Three Satellites for the U.S. Air Force 5 May 2019 | 11:41 am A Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle successfully lifted off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula at 06:00 UTC, Sunday 5 May 2019 (18:00 NZST)....

New Shepard Takes 38 Payloads to Space on NS-11 4 May 2019 | 12:35 pm New Shepard had a great mission on May 2, 2019. This particular rocket has flown to space and back 5 times....

SpaceX Dragon Heads to Space Station with NASA Science, Cargo 4 May 2019 | 12:28 pm After launching at 2:48 a.m. EDT Saturday, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with approximately 5,500 pounds of NASA cargo and science investigations that include research into Earth's carbon cycle and the...

Northrop Grumman Launches 11th Cargo Delivery Mission to the International Space Station for NASA 17 April 2019 | 10:22 pm Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully launched its AntaresTM rocket carrying a CygnusTM spacecraft today at 4:46 p.m. EDT from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A on Wallops Island, Virginia, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility....

Scaled Composites Flies World's Largest Wingspan Aircraft 14 April 2019 | 11:00 am Scaled Composites, LLC made aviation history today with the flight of the largest wingspan aircraft. During this initial flight, the team tested out specific handling qualities to validate the design....

Delta IV Launches Tenth Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite for the Air Force 16 March 2019 | 3:16 pm A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the tenth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on March 15 at 8:26 p.m. EDT. ULA has been the exclusive launch...

SpaceShipTwo Returns To Space With Crew Of Three 22 February 2019 | 2:25 pm Today, Virgin Galactic conducted its fifth powered test flight and second space flight of its commercial SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity. Please find reporting materials below for news coverage and multimedia reporting....

National Air and Space Museum Receives SpaceShipTwo Rocket Motor From Virgin Galactic 7 February 2019 | 7:27 pm The National Air and Space Museum received RocketMotorTwo, the hybrid engine that powered Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, called VSS Unity, into space for the first time Dec. 13, 2018....