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UK Operators of Satellites See Operating Cost Reduction
Science Minister David Willetts has secured agreement to reduce costs for UK operators of satellites, paving the way for cheaper access to space. This will be done in two stages.
NASA’s New J-2X Rocket Engine Ready to Test
NASA’s new J-2X rocket engine, which could power the upper stage of the nation’s future heavy-lift launch vehicle, is ready for its first round of testing. The fully assembled engine was installed Saturday in the A-2 Test Stand at the agency’s...
Texas Students Win Team America Rocketry Challenge
A team from Rockwall-Heath High School in Heath, Texas, took first place at the ninth annual Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) finals Saturday afternoon, besting 99 teams from across the country to earn the title of national champion.
NASA Awards Space Shuttle Main Engine Contract Modification
NASA has signed a $36.9 million contract modification to space shuttle main engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne of Canoga Park, Calif., to provide continued shuttle main engine prelaunch and launch support from April 1 through July 31.
Nigeria to Launch Satellite Early Next Year
Nigeria Sat2 and Sat-X spacecraft is to be launched in the first quarter of 2011, Prof. Mohammed Abubakar, the Minister of Science and Technology said in Abuja on Tuesday at the African Regional Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA).
Orbital Sciences Corporation Successfully Test Fires First Stage Rocket Engine for Taurus II Rocket
Orbital Sciences Corporation has announced the successful test firing of the liquid fuel AJ26 engine that will power the first stage of the company’s Taurus® II space launch vehicle. In a test conducted at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi,...
Orbital Launches Minotaur IV Rocket
Orbital Sciences Corporation has announced that it successfully launched the U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) Satellite, also known as SBSS Block 10, aboard a Minotaur IV rocket. The launch, which took place on Saturday, September...
NASA Engineers Test Mobility And Endurance of the ATHLETE Rover
The ATHLETE rover, currently under development at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., is in the Arizona desert this month to participate in NASA’s Research and Technology Studies, also known as Desert RATS. The desert tests...
