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  Bethesda, MD (SPX) Apr 24, 2023 On April 20, 2023, a little after 9:30 A.M. eastern time SpaceX's new Starship system lifted off from the company's southeast Texas spaceport. This was an historic event because the Starship is the largest and most powerful rocket ever built. The ship ascended smoothly for the first several minutes, but as the vehicle approached the moment of stage separation an anomaly occurred that resulted in a massive disintegration and a fireball before falling into the Gulf of Mexico. The Starship system is ... read more |
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Starship moves fast and breaks thingsStarbase TX (AFP) Apr 23 2023 Flying chunks of concrete, twisted metal sheets, craters blasted deep into the ground: the thunderous power of SpaceX's first test flight of Starship - the biggest and most powerful rocket ever buil ... more 
SpaceX rocket explosion rained brown debris on nearby parks, townWashington DC (UPI) Apr 21, 2023 Even as SpaceX said its Starship "flight termination system" worked as designed, Thursday's spectacular launch failure in Texas also revealed another potential issue with the program locally: explosive debris. ... more 
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 
Technicians apply foam to Artemis IIIHuntsville AL (SPX) Apr 20, 2023 Technicians at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, apply the first round of spray foam as part of the thermal protection system to the launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) of ... more |
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Aerojet Rocketdyne to provide propulsion for three additional Orion spacecraftRedmond WA (SPX) Apr 20, 2023 Aerojet Rocketdyne recently received a $67 million contract award from Lockheed Martin to provide propulsion systems for the Orion spacecraft that are planned to launch on Artemis missions VI-V3. Th ... more 
Rockets soar during NASA student launch competitionWashington DC (SPX) Apr 21, 2023 More than 40 high-powered, amateur rockets successfully launched April 15, in North Alabama, each carrying a scientific payload nearly one-mile-high above ground level, as part of a NASA student com ... more 
Rocket Lab to take big step towards Electron reusability with pre-flown engineLong Beach CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2023 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) is taking the next major step in evolving the Electron launch vehicle into a reusable rocket by launching a pre-flown Rutherford engine. The 3D printed engine, pr ... more 
Phantom Space selects Arnhem Space Centre for new dedicated launch siteColorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 20, 2023 Phantom Space Corporation (Phantom), a space applications company providing small-class launch services to commercial and government clients has announced the selection of Arnhem Space Centre (ASC) ... more |
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Mission Ax-2 set to launch stem cells to spaceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 19, 2023 Cedars-Sinai investigators, in collaboration with Axiom Space of Houston, are sending stem cells to space in early May to explore whether microgravity can make it easier and more efficient to produc ... more 
Stuttgart students launch self-built rocket into spaceStuttgart, Germany (SPX) Apr 19, 2023 The Hybrid Engine Development (HyEnD) student team at the University of Stuttgart spent around three years developing, manufacturing, and testing its hybrid rocket. In mid-April, the rocket will be ... more 
Hypersonix to partner with Rocket Lab for hypersonic testsColorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 24, 2023 Hypersonix USA, Inc is partnering with established launch provider Rocket Lab USA, Inc for the first launch of DART AE. Defense Innovation Unit's (DIU's) hypersonic and high-cadence testing ca ... more  
China's space missions break new groundBeijing (XNA) Apr 24, 2023 Lunar samples, mineral discovery and experience for future missions among gains Chinese scientists have made major advances in the research of Earth's nearest celestial neighbor, the moon, thanks to ... more |
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Open cooperation, China Aerospace goes to the worldBeijing, China (SPX) Apr 24, 2023 On November 21, 2022, President Xi Jinping pointed out in his congratulatory letter to the United Nations/China Space Exploration and Innovation Global Partnership Symposium that there is no end to ... more 
A staunch supporter of China's space undertakingsBeijing (XNA) Apr 24, 2023 President Xi Jinping has been a staunch supporter of China's space undertakings. He has paid visits to several space launch sites and he frequently mentioned the country's space achievements in his ... more
Starship, world's biggest rocket, explodes during first test flightBoca Chica And Medford Colonia, United States (AFP) April 20, 2023 Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded during its first flight on Thursday, but Elon Musk congratulated his SpaceX team on an "exciting" test of the next-generation spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond. ... more 
SpaceX searches for answers after Starship's fiery demiseWashington DC (UPI) Apr 21, 2023 The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded SpaceX's Starship hours after a test launch from Texas ended with the destruction of the spacecraft and its booster. While the spacecraft clear ... more |
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Scientists reviewed the research and development of Tianzhou cargo spacecraftBeijing, China (SPX) Apr 20, 2023 Cargo spacecraft is robotic spacecraft designed to support space station operation by transporting food, propellant and other supplies. Tianzhou cargo spacecraft (The abbreviation is TZ) is a Chines ... more 
Rocket Lab introduces suborbital testbed rocket, selected for hypersonic test flightsColorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 19, 2023 Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) has formally introduced the HASTE rocket (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron), a suborbital testbed launch vehicle derived from Rocket Lab's heritage ... more 
SpaceX to make second bid to launch Starship on test flightStarbase, United States (AFP) April 20, 2023 SpaceX is to make a second attempt on Thursday to carry out the first test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond. ... more 
China and Brazil to expand cooperation in space developmentBeijing, China (SPX) Apr 18, 2023 On April 14, under the witness of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Lula, Zhang Kejian, director of China National Space Administration, signed the "People's Republic of China Sup ... more |
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