spacecraft
Potential delay for first test flight of India's spaceplane demonstrator
Posted in Science on 2nd Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
The unmanned sub-orbital spacecraft was scheduled to be launched in February, but technical difficulties may put back the flight to the first week of April.
Jeff Bezos launches suborbital rocket into space and lands it back on Earth
Posted in Hardware on 25th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
New Shepard reached a height of 100.5 km, qualifying it as having traveled to space, though it was only a sub-orbital spaceflight.
BAE invests in space engine firm Reaction Engines
Posted in Hardware on 2nd Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
The technology would allow the launch of satellites into space at a fraction of the current cost and allow passengers to fly anywhere in the world in four hours.
New Horizons changes course for next deep-space rendezvous
Posted in Science on 24th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
The New Horizons deep-space probe aims to rendezvous with a Kuiper Belt object one billion miles beyond Pluto in 2019.
NASA completes successful heat shield testing for future Mars exploration vehicles
Posted in Hardware on 8th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
Rockets have limited space to accommodate spacecraft and their heat shields. However, NASA has a solution to accommodate that.