Four YF-100K engines pass ignition test to 'fully verify' their compatibility and individual reliability, chief designer said Combined powerhouse delivers more than 500 tonnes of thrust and could be ...
The flight lifted off at 22:32 UTC on April 23, 2024. One of the two payloads aboard the mission is NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3). The goal is to test a new composite that ...
With veteran Ye Guangfu, 43, at the controls of the Shenzhou 18 spacecraft, flanked by rookies Li Cong, 34, and Li Guangsu, 36, the Long March 2F rocket ... the moon and back to test the agency's ...
Japan's flagship H-3 rocket ... on the moon of an unmanned spacecraft last month. The liftoff was closely watched as a test for Japan’s space development after H-3, in its debut flight last ...
the Rob Lab Electron rocket will deploy the microwave oven-sized CubeSat about 600 miles above Earth, more than twice the altitude of the International Space Station. After an initial flight phase ...
A recent $32 million contract between the U.S. Space Force and Rocket ... 1 Moon Tree." Boeing's Starliner capsule has been cleared for its first-ever crewed launch, a test flight scheduled ...
United Launch Alliance's massive Delta IV Heavy rocket launch (the last one ever!) & 2024 Great American Eclipse are events ...
China has made progress on a powerful rocket engine to power its new reusable rockets.
Japan’s space agency says it's planning to launch a major upgrade to its satellite imaging system, as a new flagship rocket ...
The ULA rocket made history for its transportation of the NASA Parker Solar Probe in 2018 and the first orbital test flight ... around the moon in 2022. ULA assisted in this flight as well ...
Merritt Island: Seeing a rocket blast off ... an empty capsule to the moon as part of a test for future crewed flights. The “historic nature” of today’s flight, the first of several as ...